'Typical!'

What a beautiful evening to go to the Hill – I wanted to dig some POTATOES (mum having snaffled the ones I had ready to eat this evening) & it doesn’t take much of an excuse for me to nip over to spend time there.

The plot is looking good – even the row of CARROTS (gonsonheimer) seems to be doing ok. Whilst admiring the BEANS, though, I did have a bit of a thought. Given that we had a runner bean overload last year, I’ve sensibly only got only one row of a dozen or so plants in this year.

However, there are four 4’ rows of dwarf French beans, & a further four rows of climbing beans, which is now starting to look like rather a lot, even though some of them are for drying.

Whilst contemplating this, I tidied up the BROAD BEANS, picking a couple of pounds or so, & chopping back some of the stems, then turned to the potatoes. I forked up just one of the orla haulms, & was delighted with the yield – weighing a grand total of 3¼lb! Not perhaps as tasty as the lady cristl, but certainly more prolific.

I had a look at the PEAS – there should be a good portion for Jane if she comes to the Hill at the weekend – & I picked the most beautiful bunch of sweetpeas.

You’ll recall that it was my big sister Helen who suggested growing flowers for cutting – I was not altogether convinced but I have to say that as ever she’s spot on – look at these beauties from just 3 seeds which germinated out of a pack of 35, & they smell fantastic too!