From flowers to food crops, discover the plants that do well growing alongside these legumes, plus three that are best left in the garden shed.

UD Cooperative Extension part of $3.3 million grant that aims to boost lima bean production and demand Lima bean, butter bean, double bean, sieva bean: Whatever you call it, University of Delaware ...

Lima beans were domesticated at least twice, according to a new genetic diversity study. Big seeded varieties known as "Big Lima" were domesticated in the Andean Mountains, while small seeded "Sieva" ...

Childhood trauma from eating canned lima beans? Get over it. There are few vegetables as delicious as a properly cooked, fresh lima bean, and there are few easier to prepare. You’ll find them at the ...

Though plenty of us love lima beans, there seems to be an equally ardent contingent of haters, with few people in the middle. Those in the anti-lima camp tend to cite texture as the main reason for ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Perhaps you grew up hating lima beans. The green, flat, often overcooked vegetable side dish was roundly ...

Three hundred pounds of lima beans were cooked, sauteed and prepared to feed the throngs of people who descended on just one vendor's stand Saturday. "He's been cooking nonstop since Thursday," ...

We all have those foods we turn to, without elaborate planning or complex execution, when we want to feel taken care of. We don’t worry that they won’t turn out, because they always do. Time and time ...

When downy mildew epidemics strike, they are a plague to lima bean growers in Delaware, which produces over 60 percent of the nation’s crop for canning and freezing. Downy mildew is caused by the ...

April 20 is a day of mixed emotions. For some it is a time to mourn the anniversary of the Columbine massacre and gun violence, while for others it’s 4/20, a time to get blazed out of their minds. For ...