Monday, 24 October 2011

Garlic and Broad Beans

A glorious morning down on t'allotment!  The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the transport planes taking off and other people were slogging away at work.  Me?  Oh, I was slogging away digging up another patch of dirt. 



It's loverly dirt, all crumbly and aerated with worms.  Nice stuff!  I found a few taters and a bit of bindweed.  It's going to be a matter of keeping it under control.  After a cup of coffee (or two) and a slice of cake (or two), in went garlic and aquadulce broad beans.
Then a bit of a hack around with a mattock to grub up some bramble roots.  After that I decided to pull up some bolted carrots and parsnips.  I am now the proud owner of buckets of parsnip and carrot seeds.  I wonder if they turn out to be viable?  I bet the ones that escaped will sprout up everywhere and the ones in the shed will go on strike.

My first crop - a fine growth of black plastic.

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