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Tag Archives: broad beans
Better beans?
2020 has been a dismal year for beans – at least for me. The molluscs made a meal of the broad beans over winter and it continued from there. Every time I saw a broad bean shoot, it was too … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, soil management
Tagged broad beans, garlic, horse manure, nasturtiums, no-dig
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Shots and shoots
I had my first go at archery today with Towton Battlefield Society. With only one pair of gloves between us (leather to protect our fingers on the bow), my daughter and I had to take it in turns, which I … Continue reading
‘Are you guys okay at the back?’
Today was the next workshop in the Leeds Rotters Composting Champions series of how to build your own compost bin from an old wheelie bin. This time we were at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, where there seems to have been … Continue reading
Posted in Days out, Gardening, soil management
Tagged bokashi, broad beans, Composting Champions, Leeds Rotters, Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
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First crop from the raised bed
The compost bin has been working like the clappers and made enough space for the broad bean haulms to go in it. And not before time, as the tomato plant which has been living in the shed desperately needed to … Continue reading
Concern for the beans
When we had all that rain last month, the slugs had a field day with my French beans. However, they clung to life and now have resolutely developed more leaves. Others that I sowed next to them have also started … Continue reading
Out with the neem spray
It’s that time of the year where I can do an hour’s work in the garden after work. So, now the wind has abated, I rushed out to direct sow some broad beans. Then I turned my attention to the … Continue reading
Planting up – bogs and pegs
My first job this morning was to plant out a couple more broad bean plants and cover them with netting. It was great to repurpose the poles from cloches which had succumbed to the wind, so that I could hang … Continue reading
Posted in Pond and bog garden, raised bed
Tagged broad beans, purple loosestrife, red-veined sorrel
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Signs of survival
After the dogwood I bought last summer being in a small pot during the drought, I had wondered if it would still thrive once it was put in the ground. Need I have worried? Well, no. Beautiful golden buds have … Continue reading
All because of four beans
I’m doing a little experiment: four broad bean seeds have been planted straight into the raised bed. Will they germinate? Who knows – but with a large packet of seeds, there is nothing to lose by finding out. As it … Continue reading
Posted in forest garden, Gardening, perennials
Tagged broad beans, compost, mulching, strawberries
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Propagator out again
I had intended to sow some broad beans at the very beginning of February but you know how it is. Too cold outside for fiddling about with empty pots and compost. However, it was beautiful today. I put the heating … Continue reading