When you grow great northern beans you have to water them every time the get dry aprx. every 3 days. The best brand of soil is fertilized cow manure. And you plant them in a pot or in a field and that is the best way to grow them
You can put them in all sorts of food. You can make a cold bean salad or you can put them in chili or beans and ham. I have posted several recipes in the related links section for you.
Green beans are not Great Northern Beans. Great Northern beans are a white bean related to Kidney and Pinto Beans They can be. See my addition on the discussion page.
i usually buy 2 smoked hamhocks and a one pound bag of beans, put in a pot, cover with water and a lid and cook until tender. then i pick the meat off the hamhocks. makes yummy soupy beans, usually...
Great Northern beans [Phaseolus vulgaris] are shell beans. There are varieties that can be grown as bush beans, others as pole. The basic growing difference is the supports that pole beans need....