Isn't it nice when all the old crops are taken down and removed , a lovely rich bed off manure on the top and sweet dreams about what to plant next year . Enjoyed it.
A productive couple of days and the beds look great all mulched for winter. You’ll have beautiful soil in there next year. Those stone slabs must have been so slippery to move but it looks smart and hopefully will do the trick. I usually order from DT Brown too, but have just received in the post a seed catalogue from Kings Seeds. Thought I might give them a go as never used them before. It’s lovely that your children help outside too. A great family effort.
Love your videos. Recently purchased a 3 acre smallholding east of Carlisle so probably same climate as you have. Good to see how someone a few year on is getting along. Gives me hope 😂
love watching you two working together got a gardening hack for you reguarding slugs and snails nail copper piping to the top of your raised beds causes electric shocks because they are wet and slimy on buy stick on copper tape its cheap take care see you soon mh
Well we don’t see Annie outside much she looks thrilled to be running about. Oh lord those brambles are a pain 🤬. Great team work as always 💪. Sunny 🌞 but like here it’s freezing cold. Good man Jack 😂. Nothing says loving like a ton of shit 💩 on a veg bed 😂😂. Have a fab weekend everyone, Ali 🥶🥶🇨🇦
I never grow my pole beans on teepee poles. I use PVC-coated Steel Wire mesh. I just put a couple of big poles in the ground (about 1,7 m high) in a U shape and hang the mesh between them (I use 1 m high mesh and put 2 above each other and flip the last half meter over (like a little roof). The U shape makes it a strong structure. Makes harvest much easier because the beans can grow next each other and form a wall. I've seen people grow them on cattle panels also, but I just use a cheap fence mesh wire with big holes (so I can put my hand trough the holes). My favorite pole bean is Monte Gusto, a very nice yellow bean. Easy to grow, nice long (up to 25 cm) tasty beans and little to no thread, great to put in the freezer, you can collect the seed if you want for next years harvest. And a very long harvest (even during fall if the weather is good and the bees are still around). I saw them in pots in april and plant them outside when the last frost is gone (in Belgium that is May 15), every 5 cm or so. I think I had my first beans in June this year and had them till oktober. And harvest almost every 2 days when the weather is good.
Ooh chic, soooo windy but still managing to get all that good stuff done outside. Great job for the geese, toms still looking fab along with the tidy gh and fresh looking beds. Seeds, you're a mad, crazy woman!😂xx
Hey. A good solution and also it will overtime be more fertility in your bank , just get a couple of loads of tree surgeons wood chip dropped off and cover all the ground in the duck pen . And top it up when needed , more compost for the future and nice clean ducks to boot.
Isn't it nice when all the old crops are taken down and removed , a lovely rich bed off manure on the top and sweet dreams about what to plant next year . Enjoyed it.
Clearing is so satisfying at the end of the season ❤
Excited to see the winter planting! Those beans look fab - they’ll look so pretty when dried and in jars ❤
The first thing that came to mind when i saw that box of tomatoes was chutney! It's satisfying to tick off the jobs, good work everyone 🙂
What a gorgeous dog you have
A productive couple of days and the beds look great all mulched for winter. You’ll have beautiful soil in there next year. Those stone slabs must have been so slippery to move but it looks smart and hopefully will do the trick. I usually order from DT Brown too, but have just received in the post a seed catalogue from Kings Seeds. Thought I might give them a go as never used them before. It’s lovely that your children help outside too. A great family effort.
Love your videos. Recently purchased a 3 acre smallholding east of Carlisle so probably same climate as you have. Good to see how someone a few year on is getting along. Gives me hope 😂
love watching you two working together got a gardening hack for you reguarding slugs and snails nail copper piping to the top of your raised beds causes electric shocks because they are wet and slimy on buy stick on copper tape its cheap take care see you soon mh
great crop of beans i have done the Greek giganti for the first time this year doing my harvest today
Well we don’t see Annie outside much she looks thrilled to be running about. Oh lord those brambles are a pain 🤬. Great team work as always 💪. Sunny 🌞 but like here it’s freezing cold. Good man Jack 😂. Nothing says loving like a ton of shit 💩 on a veg bed 😂😂. Have a fab weekend everyone, Ali 🥶🥶🇨🇦
I never grow my pole beans on teepee poles. I use PVC-coated Steel Wire mesh. I just put a couple of big poles in the ground (about 1,7 m high) in a U shape and hang the mesh between them (I use 1 m high mesh and put 2 above each other and flip the last half meter over (like a little roof). The U shape makes it a strong structure. Makes harvest much easier because the beans can grow next each other and form a wall. I've seen people grow them on cattle panels also, but I just use a cheap fence mesh wire with big holes (so I can put my hand trough the holes).
My favorite pole bean is Monte Gusto, a very nice yellow bean. Easy to grow, nice long (up to 25 cm) tasty beans and little to no thread, great to put in the freezer, you can collect the seed if you want for next years harvest. And a very long harvest (even during fall if the weather is good and the bees are still around). I saw them in pots in april and plant them outside when the last frost is gone (in Belgium that is May 15), every 5 cm or so. I think I had my first beans in June this year and had them till oktober. And harvest almost every 2 days when the weather is good.
Ooh chic, soooo windy but still managing to get all that good stuff done outside. Great job for the geese, toms still looking fab along with the tidy gh and fresh looking beds. Seeds, you're a mad, crazy woman!😂xx
Hey. A good solution and also it will overtime be more fertility in your bank , just get a couple of loads of tree surgeons wood chip dropped off and cover all the ground in the duck pen . And top it up when needed , more compost for the future and nice clean ducks to boot.
green tomato chutney
Hi Annie, long time no see ❤