Grow bush-type green beans in a container that is at least 24 inches wide. After the danger of frost has passed, sow seed ...

Happy St. Patrick’s weekend; a time for ordinary people to drink beer laced with green dye and for MY people — gardeners — to start their peas. Spring crops like peas and salad greens are difficult to ...

1. Is there anyone who does not like sweet peas? No chainlink or wooden fence, no unadorned block or stucco wall – as long as it is sun-exposed – should be without fragrant sweet peas scaling its ...

My gardening education began with a bean seed in a Dixie cup. A paper cup, a scoop of playground dirt and a sprouting bean seed was supposed to awaken every child’s sense of wonder at the natural ...

Peas are classified as legumes and a "founder crop" domesticated in the Fertile Crescent about 11,000 years ago according to online research publications. They are a type of legume native to the ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...