Fava beans. We'll get a nice Chianti later.

The weather was perfect this weekend. We spent saturday morning trying to be productive. We got a row of favabeans going.

These have been sitting in some potting soil at home for a few days to get germination going.

 

The nice things about these guys is that you can put them in the ground pretty early. Actually, early spring is recommended to avoid heavy louse infestation in warmer months. They also don't require very much maintenance. We plant these with 2 beans next to each other so that later on the stalks will help support each other against strong wind.

A month or so and we should be seeing some pods coming out.