By the shed, JB had very kindly left me a 5 gallon brew barrel containing a demijohn (fab - I have none spare at the moment), bungs, corks, filters & a number of other brewing bits & bobs - brilliant!I set about taking down the bean poles - the bean structure has worked well, & I'll do this design again.
It was a right fiddle taking it down though - because the thin horizontal wires I used to help keep the canes in line were not robust enough, they snapped in a number of places & had to be repaired during the late summer, which made the whole thing a bit of a jumble. Lessons for next year, I think.
I persevered, & stacked the canes to bring home to store, unfastened the end supports, put the dead stems in the bean trench, rough dug the bed, then shortened the bed by 4' in line with the other beds, which will enable me to build permanent crop beds in the space left towards neighbour Ted.
This side still has three beds to be shortened - I need to eat the leeks in bed b2, the swiss chard in bed d2 before I can finish this job, & then level the ground and decide whether the new permanent beds will be 4' or 8' by 4'.There's no rush - it's this year's Winter Job, and I enjoy the planning of it too.
Home to get 6lb of grapes out the freezer ready for wine making, now I have a demijohn to ferment it in...
Ooo Hazel - get you with your noo design blog. Looks brilliant, really well done I love it xx
ReplyDeleteyou lucky lady Hazel, I'd love to find a bag of brewing bits by my shed!
ReplyDeleteBlame QuiltSue (http://quilttimes.blogspot.com) for the new look, Clare, I saw her 'borders' and wondered if there was a gardening one available & found this one. You 'add a gadget' to your blog layout - instructions if you click the Delightful Dots logo on the top left.
ReplyDeleteAnd oh, yes I am very lucky, Nic, another example of 'allotment swapsies' in action - of course JB will be getting mock lemon curd as well as a goodly share of the grape wine in return!