Succotash

• Stir in fresh lima beans, yellow onion, thyme sprigs and garlic clove in a medium sized bowl over high heat. Bring it to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium settings. Gently simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Continue stirring until the beans are tender. Drain the beans and discard onion, thyme and garlic.
• Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium heat for 8 minutes or until crisp.
• Cook sweet onion with the bacon over medium heat for 10 minutes. Add corn and stir for 6 minutes until it is tender. Stir in lima beans and tomatoes, stir them occasionally.
• Stir in butter, red wine vinegar, fresh dill and fresh chives.
• Season the dish with salt and pepper. Sprinkle over the bacon and enjoy!

Trivia

• Lima beans produce white flowers which possess both types of reproductive organs, a characteristic of perfect flowers. They contain large quantities of nectar which attract honey bees to pollinate plants.

It takes about 90 days for lima beans to reach maturity after sowing. A single hectare of lima beans produce about 10,000 pounds of beans every year.