Provider Bush Beans

I grew this bean for the first time this spring (2023) and I cannot believe how many beans this plant produces! The beans are so tasty and the plants are so hardy. The name of this bean is spot on- heavy harvest! I'll always make room for this one in between my tomatoes!

This is the one bean I grow every single year because when other beans fail to produce this one comes through. It is my absolute favorite bean, being productive and reliable. I'd rather it was a pole bean so I could trellis it and make harvesting easier on my back but it's a bush bean and I'll stick with it. I grow French Climbing and Blue Lake Pole beans on trellises and I love their flavor but if I could only grow one bean this would be it. Great for fresh eating, freezing or canning.

In Gardening Zone 3b, we had wild vagarities in weather, causing poor germination, growth, and pod set in our beans. Provider did not care. It was splendid in all conditions, germinating quickly, vigorously, filling out well, setting many pods, and giving us a year's supply in no time. It also has a traditional beany taste we cherish.