A Guide to Growing and Harvesting Edamame

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Edamame makes a healthy pick-your-own snack for kids.
Edamame makes a healthy pick-your-own snack for kids.
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Fresh green soybeans have a buttery, nutty flavor.
Fresh green soybeans have a buttery, nutty flavor.
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Edamame soybean plants closely resemble regular bush green beans.
Edamame soybean plants closely resemble regular bush green beans.
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Author John Navazio picks a plateful of edamame for his taste tests.
Author John Navazio picks a plateful of edamame for his taste tests.
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Edamame plants can set lots of pods for heavy yields.
Edamame plants can set lots of pods for heavy yields.

Learn about growing and harvesting edamame in the garden.

The joys of edamame (or you can call them green soybeans).

It isn’t often we discover a truly new
crop for our vegetable gardens. Asians have been enjoying
edamame (“ed-ah-mah-may”), sometimes called “green

  • Published on Jun 1, 2002
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