| #235 |
Finally got round to direct sowing my Frenchies! 
I had a skinny bed where I had harvested leeks so utilised this area. Hoed and raked area and sowed three rows of Frenchies.. One row of Saxa, one row of a yellow podde variety and one row of my favourite Tendergreen.
On the packet it say beans are to be planted 300mm apart, sod that sez I, I have three packets to sow so each will have a row to itself.
The rows were only 200mm apart and the planting stations were roughly 150mm. Into each dibbered hole I dropped four beans then covered them all over, finally tamping down with the rake. Luckiy it was starting to rain when I was leaving so I didn't need to water them in.
While I was at plot I did what will be the final preparation of my runner bean bed. Last year this was a compost heap so there is plenty of organic matter in it. It was dug over and levelled and since then has been hoed twice to kill offf sprouting weeds. I have the Gigantes plants hardening off at home and still need to errect the cane wigwam yet.
I had a pile of wood which I decided to take home to chop up for the woodburner (forever on the scrounge for wood and my allotment pal often just dumps some over the fence) Any way, as I was collectig it a blackbird few out between my legs giving me a shock as I thought it was a rat at first!
On closer inspection there is a blackbirds nest in the woodpile with four eggs in it. Needless to say the rest of the wood can stay where it is for the time being! 
I had a skinny bed where I had harvested leeks so utilised this area. Hoed and raked area and sowed three rows of Frenchies.. One row of Saxa, one row of a yellow podde variety and one row of my favourite Tendergreen.
On the packet it say beans are to be planted 300mm apart, sod that sez I, I have three packets to sow so each will have a row to itself.
The rows were only 200mm apart and the planting stations were roughly 150mm. Into each dibbered hole I dropped four beans then covered them all over, finally tamping down with the rake. Luckiy it was starting to rain when I was leaving so I didn't need to water them in.
While I was at plot I did what will be the final preparation of my runner bean bed. Last year this was a compost heap so there is plenty of organic matter in it. It was dug over and levelled and since then has been hoed twice to kill offf sprouting weeds. I have the Gigantes plants hardening off at home and still need to errect the cane wigwam yet.
I had a pile of wood which I decided to take home to chop up for the woodburner (forever on the scrounge for wood and my allotment pal often just dumps some over the fence) Any way, as I was collectig it a blackbird few out between my legs giving me a shock as I thought it was a rat at first!
On closer inspection there is a blackbirds nest in the woodpile with four eggs in it. Needless to say the rest of the wood can stay where it is for the time being!
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