On a clean work surface, use a paring knife to split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise. Using the dull edge of the knife, scrape the seeds from the cut sides of each half of the bean. One vanilla ...

Time lapse journey of growing a green bean plant in a container from seed to harvest-able pods. It took beanie about 60 days ...

Q: We have two beautiful hyacinth bean plants in our yard and would like to know how to get more next year. Can the seeds be saved and replanted for next spring? If so, how do you go about it? A: ...

Dear Master Gardener: I was given a small plant as a gift last spring. It grew into a gigantic plant with striking leaves and spiky pink seed pods. I've learned it is a castor bean plant. I'd like to ...