Pick broad beans when they're young and tender. Photo: SALLY TAGG / NZ GARDENER/Stuff Zipped up inside their fleecy pods, broad beans are the only bean tough enough to grow all through the winter. Add ...

Broad beans are often grown from seeds in autumn to secure an early harvest at the start of summer, though this versatile vegetable will do just as well in the garden when sown in winter. Raising a ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

If you missed planting your broad beans in autumn, never fear. You can still pop a few seeds in the ground now (in a tunnel house for cooler areas) for a late-spring harvesting. Broad beans (called ...

Because the humble broad bean arrives so early in the year, it is an early taste of the season and are much coveted as a result Donal Skehan with master chefs from St Kevin’s GNS, Kilnamanagh, in ...

Protect the shoots from mice and squirrels with a holly barricade If you bury something delicious – a perfect package of protein, round, soft and expanding as it starts to swell into germination – ...

With some thoughtful planning and tasks you could get a start on this month, your garden can be transformed into a haven of colourful blooms throughout the year. And experts at Gardeners' World have ...

Having a good April seed-starting plan will eventually provide harvests for market or food for the people on the farm. The most important factors to consider are the local climate and the time ...