Beans are forming outside on the field fava plants now and I picked the first tiny ones for my friend's birthday yesterday . She benefits so much from the young pods which do not have any bean in them as yet...hope she gets as much boost from them as she did 5 years ago with our first planting of favas. At that point, she went from riding in a wheel chair around the grocery store to walking around pushing a grocery cart and really enjoying the outing on her birthday. God gave us such a wonderful gift for PD. Blessings!