Julie Bove wrote:
....
> Nice! I like most all beans. Fava would be the exception. They don't seem to
> have much flavor.

i usually eat the ones i grow, once in a while we
make soups with others that i don't grow (white beans
and split green peas). i haven't ever grown favas
and don't plan on it. i'd rather grow peas if i were
going to use the space for something different.

fresh peas are yum. but i like shelly beans
even more than peas. shelly lima beans are our
all-time favorites. this past summer i finally
had a big enough patch that we were able to eat them
often enough to feel like it was worth it.


songbird

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:06:00 -0500, songbird >
wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote:
>...
>> Nice! I like most all beans. Fava would be the exception. They don't seem to
>> have much flavor.
>
> i usually eat the ones i grow, once in a while we
>make soups with others that i don't grow (white beans
>and split green peas). i haven't ever grown favas
>and don't plan on it. i'd rather grow peas if i were
>going to use the space for something different.

I've grown a lot of broad beans (fava beans) and I love them. The
climate where we live now, is a bit too hot for them so I've stopped
growing them. I had to water them often, which I'd forget.

"songbird" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
> ...
>> Nice! I like most all beans. Fava would be the exception. They don't seem
>> to
>> have much flavor.
>
> i usually eat the ones i grow, once in a while we
> make soups with others that i don't grow (white beans
> and split green peas). i haven't ever grown favas
> and don't plan on it. i'd rather grow peas if i were
> going to use the space for something different.
>
> fresh peas are yum. but i like shelly beans
> even more than peas. shelly lima beans are our
> all-time favorites. this past summer i finally
> had a big enough patch that we were able to eat them
> often enough to feel like it was worth it.

I wish I had enough space to grow fresh peas. I tried one year but in a
planter box, the yield is too small. I remember eating them straight from
the vine, pod and all.