Pumpkin, Squash and French Beans
Sharing water, going slowly mad and harvesting squash. It's all go on the plot!
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Potatoes and Free Seeds Arrive
Wading through mud and the potatoes arrive. Leek, radish, carrot, lettuce and runner beans seeds arrive as well
Planting Field Beans as Green Manure
Fresh leeks for tea and planted the field beans on plot 29
Merry Tiller Problem
Merry Tiller troubles and crazy kamikaze motor bike riders.
Growing Beans, Squash and Sweetcorn the Three Sisters Method
Beans, the boss and the three sisters
Keeping Chickens on Allotments
Revolution is in the air and rain in the sky. Political action regarding keeping chickens on allotments
Harvest Continues from Cucumbers to French Beans
Weed them and reap! Sorry about the pun. Some lovely Beurre De Rocquencort yellow French beans for the freezer
Last of the Runner Bean Tipis and Keeping Chickens on the Plot
Last of the runner bean supporting tipis and a chicken controversy. I want to be able to keep chickens on the allotment
Blanching Beans and a Welcome Party on the Plot
Shlightly sozzled on the plot (hic)
Yet More Runner Beans, French Beans, Broad Beans
Yet more beans harvested!
Enough Runner Beans and Loads of Courgettes
Enough is enough so goodbye to a bean tipi. We have enough runner beans to feed ourselves and an army
Harvesting, Blanching and Freezing Runner and French Beans
A weekend of harvesting and blanching and freezing. On Saturday we gathered a carrier bag of French beans, one of broad beans, some runner beans and yet more courgettes.
Yellow Mini Squash and Climbing French Beans
Where were those beans hiding yesterday? Anyway harvested those and then the yellow mini squashes that were fast becoming maxi squash! Laid them on the table to cure.
Harvesting and How to Store Potatoes
Yet more harvesting and weeding, Back at the ranch, sorting of potatoes into those that will store a while and those to use now as the slugs have started eating them. We store them in hessian sacks, which let them breathe but keeps out the light.
First Runner Bean Harvest, Peas and Cauliflowers
No rain to speak of but the harvest continues Dorian peas seem to have large pods but are a little tricky to work out when they are ready.
Second Prize in the Allotment Competition
Allotment Competition results in - weather cools to tolerable
Last Broad Bean Harvest and Early Onward Peas
Harvesting the last of the broad beans in the sunshine and Early Onward peas
Harvesting Very Productive Courgettes
Just a little harvesting today. Courgettes incredibly productive.
Planting Dwarf French Beans, Green Manure Growing
Basically everything is under control. Planting dwarf beans and green manure growing
Harvest Starts, Horsetail or Marestail Returns
Harvest starts for real with beans and peas. Planting cabbages and rotovating. Can anything kill off horsetail?
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