Article: Soybean crop converts her to an avid bean counter.(Home & Garden)

Fields of soybeans are a common sight in the Midwest, and now soybeans are showing up in vegetable gardens, too.

No wonder: Green or dry, soybeans are a sensational "people food." They're also easy to grow and prolific, with a short row providing many healthful, high-protein snacks.

I've grown dry soybeans before, but had never eaten green ones until this season. Prompted by the new craze for boiled green soybeans, or "edamame," I planted "Envy," one of the so-called vegetable soybeans.

Planted about the same time as green beans, "Envy" lived up to its reputation as one of the earliest green soybean varieties, with plump green pods ready by ...

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