Growing Broad beans, also Fava bean

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22 Jun 08 lily flax (Australia - temperate climate)
Broad Beans are so easy to grow, remember when you have finished to cut them down and dig them back into the soil as a green manure, or alternativly, cut them down and cover with a layer of compost and then pea straw then plant your next crop, got an amazing crop of tomotoes this way
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