Oregon Coast Gardener

Oregon Coast Gardener Gardening on the Oregon coast is challenging-- grow with me, a pro plantnerd and obsessive eater at 45 degrees latitude.

Fava bean harvest makes for good eating when you know what to do! I made a delicious, simple salad following the recipe ...
05/26/2026

Fava bean harvest makes for good eating when you know what to do! I made a delicious, simple salad following the recipe from combining the new beans with lemon, mint and olive oil. Couldn't locate his recommended cheese in my little town, so I went with some shavings of parmesan. Served here with slices of my homemade sourdough.

Grow and eat fava beans! The bumblebees love their early flowers, too 🐝

It's a time of unfurling on the Oregon coast.
05/06/2026

It's a time of unfurling on the Oregon coast.

Queen of cover crops! 🤣 Fava beans in full bloom, they protect the soil from winter rain (compaction), fix nitrogen and ...
04/20/2026

Queen of cover crops! 🤣 Fava beans in full bloom, they protect the soil from winter rain (compaction), fix nitrogen and the bumblebees love them! Also, good eats (similar to edamame when picked young) and lots of green material to compost and enrich the soil. Win win win!!

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