1.   Beans usually are sown later than corn.

2.   A dozen years after the Phippses began sowing heirloom beans, they are somewhat bemused to find themselves riding a trend.

3.   A dozen years after Ms. Phipps and her husband, Tom, began sowing heirloom beans, they are somewhat bemused to find themselves riding a trend.

4.   Most farmers will have to sow alien beans for a season at least, and they may get lower prices for the result.

5.   They are now hoping that enough rain will fall that they will be able to sow beans.