No. Boiling it will kill it.
If you dry a bean and then plant it in the spring it will sprout a vine that will in turn grow bean pods. The bean is an edible seed.
In pastures
I need the information of a bean
They can grow in a field of good (non-frost) temperature. They may be in bush varieties. http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/pulsecrops/bhd03s00.html http://www.ehow.com/how_1996_grow-beans.html
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