Starting a self-sustaining homestead can feel overwhelming at first, but choosing the right crops makes all the difference.

How Long Does It Take to Grow Different Green Bean Varieties Depending on the specific variety, it can take approximately 50 to 75 days to grow green beans from planting to harvest.

Besides promoting the Northarvest Bean Growers Association to the farmers at the meeting in Hope, Coulter talked about the benefits of growing dry beans, a topic that resonated with farmers.

Beans take about 60 days to reach harvest, making it possible to get three crops of beans by pulling and planting again at the end of each harvest.

Bush Beans: Bush-type beans have a more defined growth period. They grow to a certain height, produce all their beans within a short window (usually 4-6 weeks), and then stop producing for the season.

Planting dry beans into spring cover crops could be a measure to protect young plants from damaging weather conditions like wind or hail.

Looking for a plant to help you fill those tough to manage spots in the drier and shadier parts of the garden? Here are three shade perennials to try.

Green beans produce pretty quickly -- from seed to harvest, some varieties only take about 50 days. Here's when to plant for ...