Spring officially arrives in March and, when the heat and light levels increase, it is a great time to plant many vegetables.

If you are growing fava beans, the plants' soft tips can become a tasty treat. When the first pods start to form towards the base of your plants, pinch out the soft growing tips at the top of the ...

Fava beans, the large flat seeds of a flowering plant that are commonly known as broad beans, were relatively plentiful and inexpensive through much of history. As food historian Ken Albala put it ...