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Sow the Cover You Can Eat: Field Beans for Winter Beds

Sow the Cover You Can Eat: Field Beans for Winter Beds

Field beans are often dismissed as green manure, but a winter bed of them can feed the soil and the kitchen. Here is how to sow, support and use them in UK plots and containers, from tender spring tips to dried beans.