Did you grow Blue Lake pole beans this summer? Did you end up with stringy, flat beans instead of nice tender, plump ones? You aren’t alone. And no one really knows why. The Blue Lake bean has been a ...

When I first started gardening, I planted several rows of bush beans. For the crop reaped, the space devoted was not worth it. Then, spinning through a seed rack at the local supermarket one day, I ...

Joan Hinkemeyer is as crazy about green beans as some gardeners are for homegrown tomatoes. The Denver gardener says nothing compares to the taste of a freshly picked green bean. “They’re better than ...

If it wasn't for readers, so much would fly right by me, like the problem with 'Blue Lake' pole beans described and researched by Elizabeth Anne Malliris of Newberg: " I discovered something tonight ...

Now that the soil has warmed up, it’s time to plant and enjoy beans. The easy-to-grow, versatile vegetables can be sown and harvested every two to three weeks until mid-August. Beans are used in a ...

My main reason for growing food crops is to enjoy the most flavorful fruit and vegetable varieties that can be produced here. Any gardener who lives by that credo incurs two responsibilities -- ...

Arkansas Times publisher Alan Leveritt has lived on his great grandparents’ farm in North Pulaski County for 40 years. This is the first in a series of columns about day-to-day life on the land where ...

A friend complained that she was tired of picking beans every day and asked what variety needed to be harvested only once or twice a week. Unfortunately, when it comes to beans, the harvest depends ...

Did you grow Blue Lake pole beans this summer? Did you end up with stringy, flat beans instead of nice tender, plump ones? You aren’t alone. And no one really knows why. The Blue Lake bean has been a ...