Planting like crazee!

I can't believe it's June already - till I look at all the seedlings in the greenhouse that are ready to go out  so this weekend has been about beans !

Putting up the canes and planting out the hardened off plants.



Here you see the deft use of old clothes poles and wire to create the bean row- over the trench that was filled with last year's brassica and sweetcorn remains. To add to the fun in the scorching sun a MAHOOSIVE ant colony inhabited the bed. It took a while to dismantle and genocide the poor insects.(

This has now been planted with climbing french beans Blue Lake - 2 plants to a stick. I have another row of  beans called Cherokee veil of tears that are not on a trench - here is a picture of them. They were the original beans grown by Native Americans as they were driven from their lands by invaders.
 

 

Also in this picture are the strawberries which I netted yesterdayto keep the birds off.

 

As a result of the chili trial I have 20 aubergine plants in the greenhouse ready to go in the ground they look very well -we will start to feed them and the tomatoes with comfrey feed now so we get plenty of fruit.

 

Here are some young peas that are netted and doing well they are short self supporting variety hence the close spacing we are very pleased with these.

All in all the plot looks fab at present - Kym even weeded the raspberry canes look !







 

 

The herb bed near the shed is full of oregano ,lemon balm ,lavender rosemary ,mint and chives great home for Bhudda.The sweetcorn will go in the bed behind this one.

 



 

 

The next major job once the planting is finished is to put gutters on the new shed recycled of course.

 

 



Right off to finish making sunday dinner . Cheers x