Mark Diacono names the best broad beans for flavour, reliability, tenderness and the beauty of the plant itself.
A while ago, when renting, we spent a year without a garden. In many ways, it was a refreshing break from the commitments a garden presents, offering the chance to daydream about what I’d like to do in our next garden and work out what I could do without. In other ways, it was a special torture, being denied the simple pleasures that come from a patch of…