Comments on: Been a while http://onegreenacre.com/2008/06/09/been-a-while/ Our 1 Acre - One Veggie Patch at a Time Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:42:37 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gary http://onegreenacre.com/2008/06/09/been-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-122 gary Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:28:59 +0000 http://onegreenacre.com/?p=78#comment-122 Hello, First-time commenter here. We grew broad beans for the first time last year and harvested beans on perhaps 5 or 6 occasions with each plant providing a couple of pods. Each time there was enough for a small portion for everyone. One thing we tried last year was to cut the tops off the plants when they were about a metre high - I think the theory is that will prompt them to flower. We had a stack of pods that we didn't harvest to eat but instead kept for seeds. We haven't tried eating them once they'd been dried. In retrospect we could have eaten another couple of lots of beans and kept way less for seed. Regarding your garlic, the leaves are also edible - adding a milder garlic flavour with a bit of crunch. Regards, Gary Hello,

First-time commenter here.

We grew broad beans for the first time last year and harvested beans on perhaps 5 or 6 occasions with each plant providing a couple of pods. Each time there was enough for a small portion for everyone. One thing we tried last year was to cut the tops off the plants when they were about a metre high – I think the theory is that will prompt them to flower. We had a stack of pods that we didn’t harvest to eat but instead kept for seeds. We haven’t tried eating them once they’d been dried. In retrospect we could have eaten another couple of lots of beans and kept way less for seed.

Regarding your garlic, the leaves are also edible – adding a milder garlic flavour with a bit of crunch.

Regards, Gary

]]> By: Simon Rumble http://onegreenacre.com/2008/06/09/been-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Simon Rumble Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:22:48 +0000 http://onegreenacre.com/?p=78#comment-108 No idea how many broad beans you need, but mine are going gangbusters. I've also got a few varieties of garlic in. Built my raised bed on Friday and planted out all the seedlings I had waiting, and sowed a few seeds direct. Can't wait for it to get going! No idea how many broad beans you need, but mine are going gangbusters. I’ve also got a few varieties of garlic in. Built my raised bed on Friday and planted out all the seedlings I had waiting, and sowed a few seeds direct. Can’t wait for it to get going!

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