How to Harvest and Store Green Beans
Beans get high ratings on nutrition charts for their rich stores of A, B and C vitamins, as well as calcium, iron, protein and fiber. Green beans - sometimes called string beans or snap beans - are eaten when they're young, pods and all. Start ... [... more]
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How to Grow Beans
Gardeners generally divide bean varieties into three main categories, depending on the stage at which they're usually picked and eaten: snap, shell and dry. All are easy to grow, and all need the same growing conditions - the prime one being ... [... more]
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How to Harvest and Store Dry Beans
Dried beans pack a load of protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals - and flavor - into their colorful and long-lasting seeds. No wonder they're classic staples of gourmet restaurants, farmhouse kitchens and cowboy line camps from coast to ... [... more]
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How to Grow Green Beans on your Fence!
If you want to grow fresh green beans the process is relatively easy. You may have seen people making elaborate structures for the beans to climb but the truth is that you can grow beans using your existing fence. This especially works well with ... [... more]
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How to Make an Ecosphere
This is a cool way to make a empty soda bottle Ecosphere. An Ecosphere is a closed ecosystem useful for learning about ecology, such as a terrarium Poke or drill a hole in the bottle top, then put the top back on the bottle. Take a very wet strip ... [... more]
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How to Plant The Native American 3 Sisters Method
This is a wonderful method for planting corn, beans and summer squash together. The Native Americans used this method for years! Do not worry, if you do not have garden space, this would go beautifully along a fence row. The idea behind this is ... [... more]
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How to Grow Lima Beans
Lima beans are hard to beat in nutrition and butter beans, a smaller variety of lima beans, also have the benefit of great taste. They are relatively easy to plant and grow too, if you know how to get started. Here's how to grow your own lima ... [... more]
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How to Grow Plants From Seeds
The obvious benefit of growing plants from seeds is the cost. However, it also intriguing to see what will grow from the little things. One of my favorite houseplant was a grapefruit tree that sprouted from a seed I spit into one of my kitchen ... [... more]
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How to Make a Bamboo Teepee Trellis
Bamboo is a great material for making garden trellises because it is lightweight, flexible, resilient, and a fast growing, renewable resource. This teepee trellis is a classic garden structure and supports peas, pole beans, sweet peas, and ... [... more]
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How to Control Rust
There are many fungi that cause disease in plants. One of these is known as rust and rust can adversely affect your plants. You can control rust from happening in the first place but there is little that can be done to stop it once it does begin. ... [... more]
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How to Grow Pole Beans
There are two main types of beans: pole beans and bush beans. Bush beans grow to about 18 inches tall and produce a big flush of beans at once, which makes them a good choice for canning, but you must plant successive crops to enjoy a harvest all ... [... more]
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How to Harvest Soy Beans
Soybeans are an easy-to-grow, warm weather crop that have recently become a favorite of home gardeners. Soybeans, loaded with protein, fiber and calcium, can be an important addition to a healthy diet. They can be served as a side dish ... [... more]
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