Bean - Fava Broad - Windsor

$1.69

The Bean Broad Fava Windsor, 'Vicia faba', is Mediterranean heirloom with a delectable nutty/pea flavor and has been enjoyed buy Europeans for centuries. Reward your taste buds with this heavenly Mediterranean bean. The small fava Windsor bean pods can be sliced and eaten like snap beans, and the foliage tips can be pinched, which makes one of the tastiest spring greens. They taste the best when the beans are shelled and cooked. The beautiful black and white flowers make this plant pretty enough to use in flower beds. The Windsor bean has 2 to 3 foot tall plants that are glossy green with 6 to 8 inch long pods. Each pod contains 5 to 7 large, oblong-shaped, flat, light green beans. Plant in very early spring, and in warm winter climates they can be planted in the fall for spring harvest. Windsor Fava Beans prefer deep, heavy soils. ... more info

Pepper - Sweet - Romanian The Pepper Sweet Romaine, 'Capsicum annum', produces a rainbow of pepper colors in your garden and on your table. Romaine Peppers are sweet and full flavored. They are perfect for salads, grilling or roasting. Romaime Peppers start out ivory-colored , turn orange, then mature to red. All three color stages can appear at one time. This pepper plant is a prolific producers. Transplant outside in the spring 3 to 4 weeks after last frost date. Note: To get a jump on the season transplant outside, use a walls-of-water or some black plastic to maintain and increase temperatures. Plant in average garden soil with sufficient organic matter. Peppers use quite a bit of water but prefer to be watered deeply and not too often.