 Grow a crop of dry beans in areas with minimal water. Conrad Richter, with Richter's Herbs, shares some of his findings. We've had all kinds of peas and beans, beans from Africa, especially dry beans. People often don't think so much of growing beans for dry storage, for the dry beans, as much as they used to in the past. When people think of beans in their garden, they're thinking mainly of the string beans, mainly.