Broad Beans.. and Flower Beds!

A busy half day down the plot, morning spent at garden centre then afternoon doing some actual work.  Best to be fortified with a English Breakfast!  Planted out zillions of broad beans that had been started off in the greenhouse at home, a mixture of Bunyards Exhibition, Dreadnought and Suttons.  Not much of a headstart doing them in root trainers this year though as the ones we direct planted are already up and doing well.  Never mind.



Whilst I was doing that Simon was busy on the other plot sorting out the flower beds under the hop arches, lots of hard work, turning turf areas into a decent raised bed for our sweetpeas, sunflowers and cosmos.

Looking good!

Also today I planted up 6 courgettes into growbags in the new polytunnel, three traditional shape and three round ones just to be different.  Still room to put in some tomatoes, cucumbers and aubergines which are all started at home and doing ok.  Simon planted his Ogen Melons in the greenhouse too, bit of an experiment this year just to see what happens.