Broad beans are an ancient favourite with evidence of cultivation from as early as 6,000 BC. Easy to grow, high in protein and rich in vitamin C they're still a must for today's vegetable plot.

We're venturing into bleak midwinter territory, but you can still learn how to grow broad beans – in fact, now is the best time to tackle this hardy vegetable if you want a tasty crop come summer.

There is a wide selection of vegetables that will happily grow in pots and provide you with a fantastic harvest. From small radishes to long cucumbers, from potatoes growing in the soil to tall beans ...

As the weather cools down, many aspects of the garden will be winding down, but there is one job you can do now in order to ...

Broad beans are a great crop to grow in the vegetable garden, they are easy to grow and are a great source of protein. They ...

My gardening education began with a bean seed in a Dixie cup. A paper cup, a scoop of playground dirt and a sprouting bean seed was supposed to awaken every child’s sense of wonder at the natural ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Fava beans planted in late summer will be ready to harvest in the late fall or can be used as a cover crop. Question: I would like to try growing fava beans but don’t know much about them. I’ve only ...

Five things to do in the garden: 1. Sometimes knowing what to do in the garden means doing nothing. There are three species of hydrangeas available in the nursery trade and the two species most ...