Showing posts with label beans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beans. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

today in the patch

rain and storms have been threatening all day, but so far, the weather has held out and the patch has had a chance to dry out. everything continues to bloom and harvest is getting closer by the day. I was surproised to see a lovely bloom of Woburn Abbey this morning:

Woburn Abbey

I added some more labels to my patch this morning too.....

I love the furry carrots tops behind the label....
almost a metre tall now.... keep going baby!
climbing Blue Lake beans






Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Summer 2012

the patch
we got off to a great Spring/Summer season this year. It was warm and dry which resulted in a bumper rose season and good cropping of my summer seedlings. Regular watering was required as there was not enough rain. Now the rain has arrived - as well as the cold - and I can hear the veges drinking it all up. So I have got my Blue Lake beans in the blue tub as an experiment as I want to keep the soiled conditioned after a crop of kipfler potatoes. I planted plenty of bok choy, but am having some problems with white cabbage butterfly and so I think it might be too warm now for theses little boks. Rather than start spraying (organic sprays, of course) I will just plant other options, or maybe plant amongst the marigolds