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| Pea Kelvedon Wonder and Bean Dior |
Now the first beans are cropping it is time to clear away the broad beans and early peas. But not to worry, the replacements are ready to go out into the vacant space:
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| Lettuce, Endive/Chicory |
Away from the Chicory/Endive/Lettuce confusion the bean and cucurbit zone is going hell for leather, except for those Climbing French and Runner Beans on the left which are being a bit coy. (The wigwam on the right is Barlotti beans)
Right in front is the row of Dior dwarf French beans which you can see in the first picture . I may have overcrowded the squashes which are now running rampant across their neighbours. A random sunflower has popped up in the middle of the picture. As you can see it is all green currently. This includes the potato patch which will soon be 'on the turn'.
Those yellowing in the foreground are some Charlotte I planted as an afterthought once the maincrop was already in.
A change of season is afoot.
Love the Kelvedon peas and Dior beans, are Dior beans very moody/sensitive? I wanted to order them, but I wasn't too sure they would survive our temperature jumps so I bought Berggold instead. They are always good no matter how cold or warm it gets.
ReplyDeleteDior is a repeat order as it has performed well for a couple of years. The more you pick the faster they come. Berggold sounds very similar indeed but at least one supplier lists both. Berggold are earlier. Being yellow at least you don't miss them.
DeleteAll the beans usually ripe at the same time here, no matter how early or late they are so I'll probably try Dior next year. And you're right about the color. I made a stupid mistake of buying Topcrop beans again this year. It's a real pain in the backside to harvest. I always say never again and I end up buying them again.
DeleteYour beans are doing better than ours. As for broad beans - let's not go there.
ReplyDeletethis has been a topsy turvy year. Nevermind, Leeds are back in the Premiership!
ReplyDeleteAs you say topsy turvy but will Leeds godown again next year? We only followed during the Billy Bremner era when footballers played for their club and not for huge salaries.
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