Fava Beans, Andean Mix - Vicia Faba 

This is an interbreeding mixture of all the varieties listed here and others for which we have more limited quantities that were originally sourced in the highlands of Ecuador and Peru in the Andean mountains. You can expect to see dry seeds with green, gold, brown, purple, speckled, thumbprint, and red-spot patterns and colors. Typically picked when green and the beans are formed in the pods, then steamed in salt water, shelled and enjoyed!

Typically planted in fall (best if in USDA hardiness zone 7 or warmer) or early in spring (February or March) it can easily handle cold temperatures down to the teens. It flowers in April and May producing abundant nectar-rich white flowers that bees and pollinators adore. Green pods can be harvested for fresh shelling, boiled in salt water and eaten like edamame soybeans or allowed to dry down and used like chickpeas for a delicious hummus.

Packet: Half Ounce