Beans are probably one of the easiest vegetables to grow and they give tremendous return for the small amount of effort needed to produce them. Tunnels, wigwams or archways clad with climbing beans ...

Why do we call French beans 'French'? I have not been able to establish the reason. In fact, Phaseolus vulgaris come from Central and South America, where they were often grown as part of the 'three ...

I would give a hill of beans for beans of any kind growing in my garden. Broad beans, dwarf beans, climbing beans, runner beans, kidney beans, beans whose pods are slim bootlaces and beans that bulge ...

Production, even in a small area, can be virtually non-stop for up to five months if seeds are sown over the next week. The real space-savers are climbing beans because they occupy only a small amount ...

Have you planted your green beans yet? It's not too late for a summer harvest if you get them in now. Unlike broad beans, dwarf, climbing and runner beans need warmth to grow well. They can be sown ...

Beans are warm-season vegetables, sown once the soil reaches 15C; they will crop, in most parts of Australia, until autumn. In tropical and subtropical zones they’re grown from autumn to spring.

Great to grow with kids as a school holiday activity, beans are easy to manage and fruitful – and extras can always be put away in the freezer. Why not show the kids how to grow beans these school ...