Broad bean seeds are readily available in most garden centres and from online retailers – as are potted plug plants. Still, it's always more fun to sow seeds if you can. 'There are many ...

And as a seriously versatile addition to any garden, learning when to plant broad beans could be the make or break for a ...

broad beans are no exception. I start most off under cover using root trainers (deep modules) that allow the roots plenty of room to develop. Card loo-roll inners are very effective substitutes. I sow ...

Broad beans are often grown from seeds in autumn to secure an early harvest at the start of summer, though this versatile vegetable will do just as well in the garden when sown in winter.

By utilising the bare soil in your vegetable patch, you can sow broad beans now for an early bumper crop come spring. If sown at this time, these hardy plants will germinate before entering their ...

Broad beans are a traditional allotment crop that, sown in November, can provide one of the first fresh pickings of summer. You can also sow in spring. The Which? Gardening magazine experts have ...

Taking to his website, Monty explained: “In the vegetable garden I dig and, if the soil is dry enough, sow broad beans and plant onion sets.” He added that: “If the ground is at all workable ...