On 19 Mar, 14:42, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
Well, other than (apparently) you,I can't think of anyone who DOESN'T
plant them then - or at least intend to.

But you don't. That surely makes two of us ) I remember how
surprised I was to read that broad beans were sowed so early. It's far
too humid here and as I said nobody I know sow their broad beans as
early as Feb here in Manchester, in my lotty (Scott Avenue in Chorlton
Cum Hardy) and neighbourhood (Whalley Range), nor do we do peas before
end March mid April (depending on what's falling from the skies). I
usually do both after my spuds.

The recommended time is
mid-February around Cambridge, though I aim for mid-March, and even
earlier further south.

But you've just said that you didn't sow them until another month.
That will bring you into April. Will it not?