"songbird" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
> ...
>> Nice! I like most all beans. Fava would be the exception. They don't seem
>> to
>> have much flavor.
>
> i usually eat the ones i grow, once in a while we
> make soups with others that i don't grow (white beans
> and split green peas). i haven't ever grown favas
> and don't plan on it. i'd rather grow peas if i were
> going to use the space for something different.
>
> fresh peas are yum. but i like shelly beans
> even more than peas. shelly lima beans are our
> all-time favorites. this past summer i finally
> had a big enough patch that we were able to eat them
> often enough to feel like it was worth it.

I wish I had enough space to grow fresh peas. I tried one year but in a
planter box, the yield is too small. I remember eating them straight from
the vine, pod and all.