I love the look of a row or teepee of beans, a thousand green handkerchiefs waving in the wind, flowers peeking out, and all those wonderful beans hidden in the recesses. Until, that is, the wind ...

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 ...

It’s not too late to plant some varieties of dwarf or climbing beans, which you will be able to pick into the autumn Are your beans in tatters, failing to wind their way up a pole, looking sad from ...

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 ...

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 from September (October in cooler regions ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The Achacha fruit. Our Yates dwarf stringless 'bikini' snapbean giveaway (Kitchen Garden November 28) resulted in me sending seeds to a ...

French beans are a little trickier to grow than runner beans, but they are arguably tastier too. There is huge variety available – green, purple, flecked, cream – and they are quite versatile.