Most gardeners look forward to a bit of summer rain, the farmers certainly need it, but in recent summers this rain comes hard and fast and damages a lot of …Read More about Summer showers
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Summer salad
While heatwaves in summer provide plenty of ripe tomatoes and cucumbers, summer salads often lack fresh lettuce leaves. Lettuce are cool weather crops, best either side of summer, but, with …Read More about Summer salad
Harvesting climbing beans
Bean plants can be either bush beans (grown on a bush) or climbing beans (grown on a vine). The main types of climbing bean are either runner beans (phaseolus coccineus) …Read More about Harvesting climbing beans
Climbing the walls
City gardeners can become obsessed about walls. They are the predominant feature of cities. If gardeners had their way every wall surface would be netted and carry a crop of …Read More about Climbing the walls
Bean Flowers Gallery
Bean plants produce wonderful flowers. For gardeners the flowers are a sign that the plant is growing successfully and will soon produce beans. Every variety of bean has its own …Read More about Bean Flowers Gallery
Repotting first beans
This is the time of year to start beans indoors. These beans were started in the boxes about 10 days ago and are now ready for moving to individual pots. …Read More about Repotting first beans