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 ...

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 ...

Though it may not seem like a good time to plant crops, February is perfect for getting a head start on the growing season. Not all vegetables need to wait until after the last frost date to thrive ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spring officially arrives in March and, when the heat and light levels increase, it is a great time to plant many vegetables. There is a growing list of vegetables to plant in March and increased ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vegetable garden in the fall on a foggy morning - Johner Images/Getty Images In September, many of us are cleaning up the garden, ...

Everyone is cooking with beans now. Why doesn’t everyone grow them? I’m deadly serious; it’s not too late. Rancho Gordo might be out of stock, but there’s another way. As Jack, of beanstalk fame, knew ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit crops. Bramble plants (blackberry and raspberry), like deciduous fruit trees, are best planted in Southern California in the fall or winter. Bramble ...