Good Organic Gardening

DO YOURSELF A FAVA

If you are searching for an easy-togrow, high-value vegie to harvest in winter and spring, don’t overlook broad beans. They grow readily from seed and produce a bountiful, nutritious crop in a small space.

They have a short season and are expensive to buy fresh, so having your own makes sense (and cents). As well as enjoying them in season, you can easily freeze them for later.

While broad beans are very easy to grow, they do come with baggage. That would be the large green pod which, as with peas, must be shelled to release the

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