A guide to 7 vegetables to plant in February in a cold frame or beneath cloches for the first homegrown harvests of the year, ...
Question: I would like to try growing fava beans but don’t know much about them. I’ve only grown scarlet runner beans in the past. Can you offer some tips? Answer: Sure! Fava beans can be a wonderful ...
This legume has been cultivated for millennia and its ability to withstand cold has likely primed its longevity. Consider ...
In September, many of us are cleaning up the garden, removing dead plants, and gathering the last of the summer harvest. It's true that it's not as common to have a fall garden, and that's truly a ...
MOST PEOPLE YOU meet on the street probably won’t list fava beans as a major component of their diet. However, if you were walking down the streets of ancient Egypt, Greece or Rome, everybody would be ...
Fava beans are a cool-season, fast-growing annual and the only cold-hardy bean. As fava beans are cold hardy, seed can be sown in the garden now; fava beans can also be a fall-planted crop that will ...