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Re: Fava beans? WASRe: Catalogs are here

Havi,

Turn the beans in either when they start to flower or two-three weeks
before planting.  If you wait until after they flower, they get tough
and don't rot down as well.  Pull one up and look at the nitrogen
nodules.  That's free fertilizer!

Steve

Havi Hoffman wrote:
> 
> >from early May to late Sept so you'll need a cover crop after the
> >tomatoes are up.  Two words: fava beans.
> >
> >There, Duncan, is that enough to get a round of conversation started?
> >(It feels funny, me telling *you* what to do in the garden.)
> >
> >Hi Steve/ Hi Everybody--
> 
> My garden these days is small like Duncan's so I'm enjoying this thread.  I
> have an eight foot x 18" box, 24" deep that I've grown tomatoes in the last
> two summers (in addition to two + raised beds with a mix of flowers and
> veggies.  This year I hope to plant melons or trellised winter squash so as
> to rotate the tomatoes.  This winter, as an experiment I planted favas as
> green manure--they are up but not growing much right now--when do I turn
> them in --if I want to plant the next crop in May  or so?
> 
> Thanks,
> Havi
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