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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 ...

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 ...

What goes best with a nice Chianti wine? Why, Fava beans of course. Homegrown Fava beans? Even better. If you’re looking to create this dining delicacy from your own homegrown harvest, you’d better ...

During different growth stages, fava plants offer various edible options, including shoots and tender pods. In spring, my vegetable garden is awash in color. Vibrant yellow broccoli rabe and mature ...

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 ...

September is officially here, and although it may be a month you typically associate with harvesting vegetables rather than planting them, there's still plenty of produce you can start growing now for ...

Some vegetables thrive in winter, giving you produce throughout the season - you just need to know the correct varieties to ...

Fresh fava–also called faba–beans in Spain. The season for harvesting fresh faba beans in this region lasts from September into November. “People avoid faba beans in cooking and in the food industry ...

Baby fava beans, bright and shiny, are so sweet and tender you need to rush them right from market to kitchen. Run, don't walk, before the natural sugars inside the tiny beans turn to starch. So says ...

Now that we’re in March, the first fava beans of the new season, grown in the warmer parts of California, start arriving in our markets. Within a few weeks locally grown favas will follow in a torrent ...

Some of the best mustards to sow in November include the very hardy 'Ruby Streaks', 'Green Wave', and 'Red Giant'. Mustards are fast-growing vegetables that can be harvested as a cut-and-come-again ...