Growing fava beans is like four crops in one: flavorful fresh pods, both fresh and dry beans, and –surprise! – delicious greens to eat fresh or add to cooked dishes.

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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 ...

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 ...

harvested fava beans on a wooden table with plants in the background blurred - Kenan TALAS/Shutterstock Fava beans are often planted in the fall as a cover crop to help replenish the soil's nitrogen ...

December is a month to harvest winter crops and turn them into warming, hearty meals. As well as harvesting the likes of parsnips, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and more, it may be ...

Crops like chickpeas, fava beans, lentils and quinoa could help make Europe's food systems more environmentally friendly and sustainable. On Marianne Mulhall's organic dairy farm in southeast Ireland, ...