Add chickpeas to that list of cool-weather crops.
Quite true ! It is a legume, therefore, it creates it's own nitrogen, and prefers full sun; maturity is 100 days.
Can be started indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost, or direct planted; doesn't like roots to be disturbed.
Easily sprouted after cool water bath, after a 24 hour soaking; similar to sprouting lentils.(both are nutritional powerhouses).
At maturity, it will be a bush about 2 feet tall, with 1 or 2 beans per pod, but each bush will have many pods.
Thank you, I assumed since I associated them with Italian and Spanish cuisine,
that they needed warmer temperatures to flourish. Thank you for that suggestion.