Homegrown broad beans — being so much quicker from plot to plate — are ... The only two things you really need to do after that are to stake tall varieties and to pinch out the top inch or so of ...

Broad beans are an ancient favourite with evidence ... As the plants grow you will need to stake them to prevent the fragile stems from bending or breaking and pods being damaged.

If I had to power rank spring’s most quintessential legumes, I’d place fava beans at the very top. To start, they’re believed to be the first domesticated food crop, with their earliest ...

Fava beans are also known as faba beans ... favas tend to fall over. I highly recommend staking the plants when they are still young. This will prevent stems from cracking and keep pods off ...

They are not going to win any beauty contests, but fat, stubby fava beans have many admirers. In fact, chefs of upscale restaurants have rediscovered this ancient legume in recent years.