We always used to Autumn sow Broad beans when I lived and worked in the
Hastings area in my youth, and that was in the days when winters were
winters, Long, hard frosts and plenty of snow, and the beans would just
laugh at it. never lost more than about 3 or 4 %. We used to hand plant
around half an acre, and were on loam over clay.
This used to give us crops that were around 2 weeks earlier

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David Hill
Abacus nurseries
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