With the temperature warming up nicely and the soil in the vegetable patch ready for sowing, I erected this year’s bean row yesterday. I also made the first sowings in the patch when I sowed my broad beans.
This season, I have chosen to grow broad bean “Karmazyn” (pictured) an unusual pink seeded, heritage variety from Dobies. The beans ‘have excellent table quality and are best when small so they cook quickly and retain much of their colour’. Being compact, the plants make them ideal for slightly more exposed locations, which is descriptive of the vegetable patch site.
Whilst outside, I also raked up several piles of stones on the front garden which have gradually been washed to the surface of the new top soil. I then sieved them and removed them to the top of the naturalized bank. There were three barrow loads in total.
The front lawn also had its first trim of the new season.