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chemical reaction is taking place creating allicin".So, now we have the science bit out of the way, this broad bean and pea hummous is a great way to use three seasonal ingredients. Taken and adapted from The Garlic Farm Cookbook.Broad bean and pea hoummous

as raspberries. My children and grandchildren loved helping with the fruit and vegetable garden and many are keen gardeners themselves. Great idea Pippa. We have been handing out free broad beans at work. They are fantastic for the kids as they grow so fast

Well, I have a tray full of autumn sown broad beans bursting out of their pots, the plants are about 4 ins high. Do I need to repot or put them in the (very soggy, heavy) ground ? They do need to go outside-can you cover the ground with something

.Types to sow now include crimson clover, fenugreek, field lupins - even broad beans. They germinate and grow quickly and reduce weed growth. Flowering varieties even attract bees and beneficial insects.Nothing could be simpler, and the green manures help break

struggles going on in my food plot ! I find that there is really NOTHING I can do about pests. If I want organic garden produce, then I find that one for me and three for them is the casualty rate. My broad beans have been nibbled severely for at least

of year.It has worked successfully for me, has anybody else tried this? Need advice about the manure? When is the best time off the year to put manure on for allotment and weather to leave it or dig in? I have never been able to grow broad bean

Good Morning All,having dug over the back garden to make three separate beds for the first time, I am now enjoying the first results.But I have noticed a lot of the small black ants climbing all over the broad beans, my question is will the ants

frost havent done my potaoes any damage. red oninons for me---have all sprouted from seed with no problems I have broad beans that have overwintered under a cloche. Am going to put some carrots in when I get time but I have some in cardboard tubes ready

be useful Over the years I've tried everything to keep the cabbage white off my Brassicas without success. So I've given up with brassicas and concentrate on more rewarding crops like potatoes, broad beans, runner beans, onoins, garlic, peas, sweet corn

peas from the supermarket, cheap and handy. French beans are another suggestion. you can still grow salad crops such as lettuce.carrots,spring onions, peas,beans,turnips (milky ones) I would also put some potatoes in for a christmas harvest. what have