A little Lunapic montage of some of the places I have…er…watered, which is why we have THIS:
But mama’s garden guru neighbor was showing her his broad bean crop that he planted in October (the best month to plant them) and mama was lamenting that she had only the little flowers because she planted in November, a bit late, and then she went out to see if our high, high winds had blown all the flowers off her broad bean stalks and lo and behold, whatever that means, THESE are what she found! And she’s picking more today:
So mama tied up the broad beans, (fava beans, feves) with raffia cords, whatever those are (in pink bag) and now the wind has stilled and is at bay and the new little beans can grow into biggies.
Mama and papa eat them raw with pecorino cheese, which is a combo eaten in the first days of spring in Italy. But they are delicious steamed and tossed with sautéed garlic and sage leaves. Drool…
BUT—there is an affliction called favismo, which is sometimes passed down to kids from the mama and causes terrible reactions similar to an allergic reaction to peanuts or shellfish, and is the lack of a certain enzyme, G6PD, so mama’s sweet stepson cannot eat the beans, alas. Or chick peas and some other specific foods.
In solidarity with him, his mama doesn’t eat fava beans either, but women do not get favismo so she could eat them if she sneaked in a few but what a good mama!
Hope spring is winging its way to you, wherever you are…uh…in the Northern hemisphere that is….
OH, and if you are in the path of the eclipe, PLEASE REPORT IN YOUR BLOG ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE. Merci.
We only have one word for this, sweet Angel..Delicious😸😺and as we remember, you had cute beans too😻It shows that watering the plants has a great effect on the garden, we know Angel Binky did that too✨Double Pawkisses for a Happy Week ahead 🐾😽💞
Ah, merci for my bean mention! And we LOVE your beans, too, you sweet twosome.
There’s nothing better than eating foods that you grow yourself. Those beans look wonderful!
Oh, they are sweet! And so good with pecorino cheese. I think you might like the cheese instead of the beans, haha.
That’s a beautiful rose!
Alas, here in Israel, We won’t be able to see the eclipse except on TV.
Oh, lordy, J-Cats. Israel. Are you all right? Are you going to have an election soon? What a very distressing place to be right now, non? Thank you for visiting and merci from the rose. It is called Sweet Love and would that there were more of that now…..
The broad beans are lovely, I hope everyone who does eat them enjoys them very much. Raw with pecorino cheese sounds like a delightful way to enjoy them for a light supper.
Oh, they are so delicious and yes, a light supper is a great idea…mama and papa are always full up after having hd a few with cheese!
We don’t expect anything spectacular with the eclipse but we will tell you what if anything we see!! Not familiar with favismo but what a shame it effects some people and they can’t eat certain things. I guess there are other foods like that but fortunately Mom, Dad and I can eat whatever we want and those beans look AMAZING!
Hugs, Teddy
They are so sweet and crisp when raw and full of veet-a-mens…They would be fun to chase, Teds, out of the pod!
Nice art and beautiful rose. The beans sound good. We are supposed to have 94% eclipse in my area. XO
OH YOU LUCKY WONDERFUL LADY!!! Please write about it!
Wow – a bean allergy. Most kids might not be upset about a vegetable allergy -but the ingredients pop up in so many place, as with peanut and peanut oil.
Our part of Ohio is supposed to be in the path of the eclipse, but being in Ohio in April there is a good chance we will be wearing rain gear instead of special glasses.
OH, I hope you don’t have rain and we so want to hear about this amazing event.
nice beans mama! dee mum says only thingz growing around here rite now are weedz!!! dee sunshine shood be coming reel soon, like next week! things are sopping wet rite meow!
Sopping does not promote hopping, that’s for shure. Put those weeds in the compost pile, Gidget kitties, and they’ll turn into FOOD! Well, fertilizer.
Now we know where the term “cool beans” came from!
Chouette! We didn’t know that phrase! But we think you are a cool bean, non?
Broad beans are absolutely delicious and thankfully #1 doesn’t suffer from any ill-effects from eating them. Maybe she should get her act together and plant some in October.
Purrs,
The Chans
They come up come hell or high water, mama says. And the planting space is only about 2 meters by 2 meters with triangular supports but our guru grows his next to a 1-meter high fence to support them. Ours are pinched when about a meter high and produce more beans but they are gowing way too high in our global warming weather. Still…more little beanies are coming. And you have good manure!