All Blog Posts Tagged 'beans' (6)

An idea when you are planning your garden for next year is looking at companion planting and in particular Guilds. The most famous Guild that i learned about when i was doing my permaculture course is the Three Sisters Guild of Corn, Squash and Beans. I have been doing some reading about this guild and i'll copy and paste a little as some people have already written so much about this already and i can't really put it across any better than they already have !

Plant first the…

I drove past the Waterfoot planters on my way to Whitworth the other and was pleasantly surprised at what I saw!

On the way back, I stopped to take photos.

Someone, has completely tidied the existing planets which were very overgrown, and, replaced them with new plants after giving a complete makeover!

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I am steaming my first dwarf french beans as I type.  Michael popped round for a visit and swapped some Kale seedlings for some of my Lollo rosso and we had a real good chat and I think you maybe hearing more from us in the future!!

Anyway beans should be done and I'm in a rush to try them so I will write more later this week.

Lou

We have tomatoes at last, well tiny ones at the moment but quite a few, I love tomatoes so I can't wait for them to grow.  Our dwarf french beans are doing really well too and I made pea, potatoe and green cabbage curry last week with our peas and although it wasn't very attractive to look at (contents of a babies nappy!!) it tasted great.  The lollo rosso are rapidly growing along with the beetroot and carrots and we…

Hi, again even though the weather hasn’t been too good and rain turns the balcony into a bit of a slippery paddling pool, I’ve been busy moving red onions, dwarf French beans and peas out on to the balcony from their kitchen window nursery.  I have added more photos to my album, none of a newly constructed corner planter as yet, but hopefully I can add that next week!…