If you are a beginner in the garden, growing fava beans might be just the thing for you. They thrive in many different climates and are a delicious and nutritious food source!
Keeping a batch of frozen soybeans in your freezer is so convenient! This is my simple way to enjoy delicious edamame beans all year round. This is how I freeze soybeans at home.
This might just be my favorite snap bean recipe, pan-fried snap beans with parmesan cheese. It's so delicious and really easy to make!
These lovely borlotti beans are such a joy. They look absolutely beautiful and taste great too! But can you really grow these beans in cold climates too? The answer is yes!
My beautiful fava beans are some of the best smelling plants in the kitchen garden. And the flowers have just started to produce large, fresh pods filled with delicious different-colored beans.
Delicious minced lamb with tangy feta cheese and homegrown beans. Could it be any better?
I think that every respectable gardener should be growing beans in their kitchen gardens. Beans are not only tasty and easy to cook with but also very healthy and rich in protein. But which beans should you pick then? I'll go through my favorite beans and how to grow them in this guide.
An early sowing of string beans is always a fun experiment. Anything can happen! Try growing string beans for an early harvest too. This is how I do it.
Having homegrown dried beans around is great! You can use them for so many dishes. This is one of my simple favorites, baked beans in tomato sauce.
You can store plenty of beans at home as long as you have a system for it. This is how I store dried beans at home.
My vegan refried beans taste amazing with vinaigrette and parsley. Yum!
Can you really get more than one harvest from your fava plants? The answer is yes, but the question is if you should. This is my opinion on how to go about harvesting fava beans.