Garden Journal :: Fava Beans Production in my Vegetable Garden

The list of gardening chores is never ending. As the warmest months of the year roll around there are still chores from spring left to do. One of those is to sort the seeds that I have left drying and store them until next planting season. That is the case for these fava bean stalks, still with the seeds in the pods.

Fava beans are one of my favorite crops to grow in winter and spring. They are just so easy. No need for pots and careful planning. I just wait for the right moment in fall, preferably just after it rains and the moon is waxing, and stick them in the ground around my garden beds.

And they are a much welcome sight of greenery and flowers while the rest of the winter garden sleeps.

For the past month or so the dried fava beans were sitting in the garden, getting rained on and damaged. So, I set them in the wheel barrow in the garage. This was meant to be a temporary placement but, there they sat waiting for a free moment to be sorted.

Finally I set aside some time so break down the stalks and separate the seeds from the pods. Funny enough; this task I had been putting off for weeks only took 15 minutes and now I have seeds that will grow into food that will nourish my next winter!