19:31, Wed, Feb 18, 2015 Updated: 19:34, Wed, Feb 18, 2015 You can plant them outside before the soil gets too cold, in October and November, and once it starts warming up again in March or April, but ...

We always save some of our Green Windsor broad beans as we cannot buy them now. However, this year we looked at the beans in the paper bag and some of them have holes in them! Also on inspection we ...

A while ago, when renting, we spent a year without a garden. In many ways, it was a refreshing break from the commitments a garden presents, offering the chance to daydream about what I’d like to do ...

Growing fava beans (Vicia faba), also known as broad beans, is a remarkably rewarding experience in the vegetable garden. This cool-season legume is a culinary knockout not only for its delicious, ...

Broad beans are a traditional allotment crop that, sown in November, can provide one of the first fresh pickings of summer. You can also sow in spring. The Which? Gardening magazine experts have ...

GROWING your own vegetables is a truly satisfying experience, so why not give it a go? Broad beans are easy ones to get started with, so here is all you need to know. Broad beans are delicious and ...

During June, July and August when most of the garden is in hibernation mode, broad beans suddenly become a top seller on the seed stand or as punnets of six in the garden centre. Broadbeans are a ...

The puzzling, jammed-together plants grew to around 60 cm fairly quickly, and flowered to form a rather attractive display that has developed too late in the season for beans to form and mature.

The broad bean is among the oldest crops in the world and so it is not surprising that it goes by many names, including vicia faba, fava bean, faba bean, field bean, bell bean and tic bean. Although ...