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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> .  It actually is 'much' cheaper to buy thwem already processed from the 
> grocery story, not just buying seed to plant.

Where do you get that idea? For the $1.95  you can buy a pack of 150 bush 
bean seeds. This will intensely plant a double 15' row, which, according to 
the Henry Fields site will  produce 7 pounds per 15' row (14 pounds for a 
double row) over a 2-3 week period. In my climate, beans keep producing 
(lesser amounts) until frost, as long as I keep them picked, so I have beans 
from May through September, probably at least another 10-15 pounds per 15 
foot row. Since beans are legumes, they require nothing more than compost, 
which I make for free. We get timely rain all summer, so I usually don't 
have to water them. That's potentially 44 pounds of beans for $1.95. Pole 
beans produce even more.

http://henryfields.com/product.asp?splid=SPLID02&pn=11575&bhcd2=1235316368

Lynn WIgglesworth
Tioga Co, PA