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Broad Beans

Back from holiday towards the end of April and at last there is a chance of broad beans this summer.

Just before leaving at the beginning of April, I finally had enough and bought some Bunyards Exhibition. I planted up 96 in modules and placed them on the garage window sill.

On returning three weeks later, they were all up at around 4 inches high. Hardening them off over a few days and I put them in the cold frame. The next day some had been dug up and eaten again so rather than the lose more I placed them in the ground immediately replacing all those that failed of the Aquadulce attempts. Around 20 Aquadulce and 50 Bunyards.

 

Looks promising so far with pea netting just above them to keep the birds off and pellets below for the slugs. I have wired between the posts to give a small amount of support in case of high winds.

Alliums again

Just to show that the garlic and shallots planted last November are still going strong along  with the weeds!

Also in the background is the rhubarb – Timperley Early – chucked in the ground last year before finalising the plan. We had that a week ago in a rhubarb and almond crumble and it was excellent.

Sweet Pea Haven

Sweet Peas

Too many other events in life so just a little later than planned. 

At the end of March and just before leaving for a holiday my sweetpeas arrived from Simply Sweet Peas. I could not expect them to survive in the packaging so though it best to get them in the ground.

The hazel sticks came from next door and I spent Monday and Tuesday night before the holiday carting most of the tree onto the plot.  The left group are the “heirloom” so should be very fragrant next to the bench. The others are “blue skies” and are more modern blue ones for cutting.

The lettuces in the front are Webbs Wonderful that lasted through the winter under a cloche and still tasted good last week.