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Every year, I grow purple climbing beans and have great success with - ‘Blauhilde’ and ‘Cosse Violette’ ,  but if you prefer a traditional g...

Climbing French beans come in round-podded and flat-podded types, but ‘Eva’ is between the two. Its pods are oval, about 25cm (10in) long,...

Celebrate the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans and Squash | Renee's Garden Seeds : Corn provides a natural pole for bean vines to climb. Be...

Soya beans / RHS Gardening : 'via Blog this'

17 Apart: Pinterest Challenge: DIY Bean Teepee Garden Supports : "Bean" 'via Blog this'

Beans: How to grow - Telegraph :  "earliest sowing date outside for French beans is May 15. To speed things up, I put both runner and...

- do not need staking. - during the Autumn or Winter dig in old compost or well rotted manure - in the spring add some organic fertilizer....

...I cannot put into words how much I am enjoying spending time in the garden. We are sowing:

The broad bean falls into 3 main categories; longpod beans, shortpod beans and dwarf beans. The longpod beans have about 8 beans in each pod...