I recently germinated some beans that I had sitting around the house. My reason for this is actually very specific. Legumes (bean family) actually re-enrich soil with nitrogen compounds through bacterial nodules contained on their root systems. I am an all organic grower so an organic source of nitrogen like this is wonderful and great practice. Native Americans planted beans with their corn as a companion crop not only as a source of nitrogen but also the corn acts as a trellice for the beans to climb. What a wonderful relationship eh?
I've taken this a step further and am planting some of these beans in with my cannabis as a test to see whether they grow well together or not. If you are interested in how this is going to turn out don't forget to follow my page 
Germination!
Germination is very easy with beans. Simply place them in a moist paper towel for a few days in a hydro chamber (or even a slightly vented zip lock bag will work) and BAM. Roots. Specifically it took these beans about 2 days.
Here is them when I started the germination proccess.
And here is them with roots, ready to go.
I planted them last night. Some of them I put in with my cannabis and some I planted in a container that is going out onto my porch. I also decided to throw in some green bell pepper seeds to see if they would grow as well. Why not? haha.
Here is the ones in my tent as of right now. They are already coming up.
They are in with this girl. Skunk #1.