With lots of soggy washing which needed drying, after finding it blown off the line while I was out yesterday, the broad beans have romped away. The piggy bank they are next to is very big – but the bean shoots are even bigger.
Looks like in the short term I will need to repot and then harden them off outside. However, it is sleeting this evening and goodness only knows what is going to happen for the rest of the week. I dare say the beans won’t mind a short trip outdoors but it remains to be seen if they can go in the ground next weekend, by which point they will be how big, anyway?
At least, I have an idea of where they might go… And clearly they are strong specimens. Let’s just hope they will be still small enough to fit in the car by the time I take them up to the allotment!
© Helen Butt, January 2014
Growing out of chaos 
It is a little early , but the winter, and for some of us the unusually early arrival of warmer weather has made it really hard to know what the right timing is this year.
You are right there! I noticed my bluebells are coming through – hope they don’t get too much of a shock if it does decide to snow this week!