Growing

Even if you are a relative new-comer to growing your own vegetables, growing Fava beans would be a good starter project because they are so easy and rewarding to grow, even if you live in a cool climate, because they actually thrive best between 40 and 70- deg F.

They can take up a bit more space than other beans because they have a bushy habit rather than a climbing habit. However, their value for money and value for time is unquestionable; from their nutritious culinary properties to the delights of their aromatic flowers and the very high nitrogen content in their root nodules making the residual plant material an excellent component for making compost or digging back into the soil.

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There’s no two ways about it, you need to be pretty committed to embark on the process of learning how to grow asparagus, you also need a bit of space, both of which, I suppose, go towards explaining why it is so expensive to buy in the shops!

However, the sheer delight and satisfaction in producing your first crop makes it all worthwhile!

Plus, although there is a lot of investment required in terms of preparation over the first year or so, if you do it properly then you could be reaping the delicious benefits for many years afterwards.

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