Thanks for joining me for Part 5 of my Broad Bean Series, if you have missed any previous parts, here’s the recap.

And don’t forget the FREE downloadable PDF Checklist for Growing Broad Beans (Part 3) – all the details in one place so you can tick it off as you grow!

Part 1 📕 Broad Beans – Origin, Nutrition & Growing Conditions

Part 2 📗 Comparing Broad Bean Varieties

Part 3 📘 How to Sow, Grow, Harvest Broad Beans – FREE PDF Checklist

Part 4 📙 How to Plant out Broad Beans in a Raised Bed with Video

Broad Bean Timeline

• 10-11th February – Seeds Sown.
• 9-10th March – Seeds Germinated.
• 16-17 March – Planted into Raised Bed.
• 20th April – Flowering.
• 18th May – Plant Supports added.
• 20th May – Broad Beans forming.

Broad Beans Flowering

Since my Vegetable Garden Update at the beginning of May, the Broad Bean plants were still very small on Raised Bed 2 and they had also begun flowering.

I was a little worried that they were not going to get any taller however I should not have worried, as look at them now – strong healthy taller plants.

And they are still flowering 3 weeks later. I love the white flowers with a black dot on them, they are so unique. The bees also love them.

Flowers = Beans

It’s an exciting time when you spot the first tiny Broad bean forming. They will all start forming and in a few weeks time you’ll be tasting your first Broad Beans of the year.