Yes they are easy to grow, I don't have the space to grow more than one patch of them a year, so I'm particular as to getting the best yield I can. Last year was a struggle, the spring was very cold and very very wet. The plants were stressed and the black aphids came.
Up here, I start them in the first week of April, March is typically too wet to work the soil or the ground is still frozen, but this year I might start earlier if the weather stays mild.
Jeannine, have you ever eaten the
greens? I've been around Fava my whole life and never eaten the greens.