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Cooking Summer Squash

While we were on vacation last week, we had Anaheim green chili peppers, yellow squash, purple beans and a few fava beans mature. My husband, Alan suggested cooking the squash this way: Cut off the top and bottom of the squash, Cut the squash in half lengthwise, Remove the seeds and Cut the squash in […]

Vegetables

Harvesting and Storing Fava Beans

First take a look at the pretty but small flower that is black and white on the fava plant.  Since I only have 6 fava plants and since the weather has heated up, I am getting only a few fava pods here and there.  Don’t forget the fava plant likes the cooler weather!  While I […]

Vegetables

Follow-Up Friday – Peas and Beans

     While it is getting to hot for the regular plump peas, the sugar snaps are kicking into high gear.   Since the sugar snap vine is not as dense as the green bean vine, I am growing two sugar snap vines per pole.    This trellis is a square with 8 poles so […]