Fava beans planted in late summer will be ready to harvest in the late fall or can be used as a cover crop. Question: I would like to try growing fava beans but don’t know much about them. I’ve only ...

Late winter/early spring is an ideal time to start growing fava beans, including field beans and broad beans. This video outlines the exact method for sowing, transplanting, caring for, and harvesting ...

David Beckham swaps the runway for his Cotswolds garden, harvesting broad beans just in time for autumn. Here’s how to grow your own.

There are so many fantastic fall garden staples that shine just as brightly on the plate as in the garden. Broccoli, snap peas, kale and all the leafy greens. I love them all, but I always encourage ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

There are thousands of varieties of beans in the world. Green, yellow, purple, spotted, or, striped beans with round, flat, or oval pods, long pods and short pods. Some varieties are for eating fresh, ...

Most of us who garden don’t have the space to grow grain crops such as wheat or barley, but we have space to grow legumes such as beans and peas. Legumes are second in importance only to grains in the ...

Detail of the flower of the Agua Dulce Broad Bean. Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of first-hand knowledge of growing, tasting and cooking ...

People who know their beans are taking a new look at old favorites – heirloom beans with colorful names and guises. Beans such as Jacob’s Cattle and Black Trout are hard to resist. And while there’s ...