Question: I would like to try growing fava beans but don’t know much about them. I’ve only grown scarlet runner beans in the past. Can you offer some tips? Answer: Sure! Fava beans can be a wonderful ...

In September, many of us are cleaning up the garden, removing dead plants, and gathering the last of the summer harvest. It's true that it's not as common to have a fall garden, and that's truly a ...

September is officially here, and although it may be a month you typically associate with harvesting vegetables rather than planting them, there's still plenty of produce you can start growing now for ...

Everyone is cooking with beans now. Why doesn’t everyone grow them? I’m deadly serious; it’s not too late. Rancho Gordo might be out of stock, but there’s another way. As Jack, of beanstalk fame, knew ...

Fava beans are a cool-season, fast-growing annual and the only cold-hardy bean. As fava beans are cold hardy, seed can be sown in the garden now; fava beans can also be a fall-planted crop that will ...

There’s no denying it now. Fall is on its way, meaning it’s time to bid farewell to our summer gardens and start planting cool weather crops. Janet Miller, manager of Our Garden, the Contra Costa ...