Saturday, June 2, 2012

Enjoying fava beans in spring 2012...

Planted eight seeds last November..
Six germinated... one died prematurely... leaving five plants...
Early spring of 2012...  they were flowering beautifully...
The pods began to fatten in May... 
And we have been chewing on these lovely beans ever since...

24 comments:

  1. How wonderful, that you can plant in fall for an early crop of favas! I just discovered the leaves are edible, have you tried them also?

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    1. Yes, they are edible as are those from snap peas, etc... tried chewing on the fava bean leaves while gardening but had not harvested them for the plate as yet...

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  2. The fava beans flowers are so pretty and beans are so plump, bet they are delicious. Nothing like homegrown beans.

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    1. Norma, that's another reason why I cherish growing veggies so much... they are so pretty to look at, and they provide us with food that are so delicious...

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  3. I have wanted to try fava beans before.Do you have to plant them in the fall? Which ones would you recommend? We are zone 5 USA. One last question:-) do they taste good? robbie

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    1. Robbie, am not really sure if we have to plant them in the fall... for me, I am following the practice here in Japan where fall planting is recommended... we can see fields and fields of fava beans in this season... they are really delicious... in soups, with pasta, plain boiled with salads... we are in zone 9, so it is warmer than your place... I am not sure if they can withstand the snow fall in your area, so perhaps you can experiment with spring planting... I suppose it would be feasible to do so... we have a few types of seeds on sale here in Japan, but I am quite indifferent to them... sorry for my ignorance in this part... anyway, good luck...

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  4. Pretty flowers and beans! You take them fresh? Taste like edamame?

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    1. My missus boil them for about one minute... and we mix them up in a salad... does not taste like edamame... it is more 'powdery', I think...

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  5. In northern Idaho (USA) we plant ours in the early spring and harvest in mid-July...enjoy those wonderful beans. I'll have to try eating the leaves this year.:)

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    1. Spring planting, I see... I have tasted the leaves of snap peas... goes well with a bowl of salad greens...

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  6. Anonymous6/04/2012

    lovely beans to chew on...excellent photos!

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    1. Thank you Theanne... hope you are doing fine over at Florida...

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  7. Oh yum - my fairly recently sown plants are currently about 10cm high so I've still got awhile to wait for mine. I'll have to content myself with your photos til then.

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    1. Good luck, Liz, with the beans... hope you get a good harvest...

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  8. Do you steam the beans? How do you prepare them? They look so good fresh.

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    1. We normally boil them and have them as they are... they taste really good...

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  9. I always buy these in package of fried beans.

    So delicious.

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  10. Now that is something I recognize! I have some at the moment, one of the real, fresh treats this time of year. I just boil them for a few minutes and eat them with butter.

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  11. I have eaten this beans back in Japan long time ago! Yummy!

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  12. Very pretty edible plants. Oishii.

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  13. Beautiful fava flowers and beans, I'll have to try fall plant fava and see if they can withstand the cold here.

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    1. Good luck with your experiment...

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  14. Hi Lrong,

    I just love Fava beans or Broad Beans as we call them over here in Britain. I’m growing quite a few plants but they are only just starting to make pods so will be a while yet before we harvest. Never eaten the leaves though so must give that a try. How do you cook them?

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    1. I have tried chewing them raw... and well, they do taste 'beany'... I have eaten bean leaves in salads while in Australia...

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