Varieties grown: Provider, Rocdor, Royal Burgundy

Beans are good for you, and good for the soil! All legumes, beans included, host bacterial colonies in their roots that fix nitrogen in the soil. We grow green, purple, and yellow beans.

How to use them:

• Steamed, served hot with butter or cold in a three-bean salad

• Steamed, then combined with olives, potatoes, shallots, dressing, herbs, radishes, tuna, and lettuce for a classic Nicoise salad

• Lactofermented or quick-pickled with dill, garlic and spices to make dilly beans

• Raw, as a snack with other vegetables like carrots and cucumbers; dunked into your favorite dip such as ranch or hummus

How to store them: In the refrigerator, inside a non-breathable container (plastic bag, glass or plastic storage tub, etc.)