Taking Shape
There’s something cute about tiny cucumbers just starting to form. All of a sudden the first few have appeared this week and I took the opportunity to pinch out the […]
Tag Archives: beans
Heats, Shoots and Leaves
This hot sunny weather is perfect for vegetable growing. Unfortunately it’s also perfect for lounging outside with a bottle of wine, so I didn’t quite do as much gardening as […]
Preparations proceeding
With the outdoor sowing season approaching, it was time at the weekend to give the raised beds a good clear and tidy up. Lots of small weeds and patches of […]
Drying and Roasting
Just like squirrels burying their supply of nuts, it’s time for vegetable gardeners to bring in final harvests from many of the main growing season’s plants and store them for […]
I’m just a Bean Counter
Or when you get rather more than expected… A straggly mess: that’s what had become of the raised bed where dwarf French beans grew earlier in the season. As is […]
Beige is history
Or how, in time, one’s grub can turn green Imagine you judged the desirability of food by its colour. When I was a child I liked food that was cake […]
Survive and Thrive
A distant memory of saffron. Wispy strands of deep red, climbing briefly from lilac flowers. How much I enjoyed growing saffron crocus a year ago. But after giving up their […]
