You are so tidy @Sheps 😁 Mine are out now. If you swapped the pot on the right with the one next to it, you can tie in a cross cane between the two, giving the beans more space to roam. It will increase your harvest. 😁 As long as you keep an eye on the weight at the top it works well, but with the fence behind you could fix that easily with a couple of wires onto the fence.
Thanks @purplerallim I would have liked to use the bigger pots but both my Verbena Bons have started to put up new shoots so I'm going to have to leave them.
Although I love a good wigwam, the wire type support interests me, I shall investigate.
Used some old door fly screen nets to make (hopefully) a santuary for the brussel sprouts against GWButterflies. Removed seeding bluebells and pulled up seedlings from one area as they are taking over. Put some sticks in front of sweet peas next to a trellis (forgot to do it before) to again hopefully stop the birds pulling them up.
Checked my pear tree for setting fruit. Every single flower has been blown off by the gales. Not a single flower on my Quince tree. Sowed some Spring onions and White radish. Watered the conservatory. Something is chewing the heads off my Cosmos seedlings in the greenhouse. No slug trails, suspect Vine Weevil. Belatedly cut back my tall grass and finished removing dead stems from the Ginger Lilies. Weed killered a small patio area a slate path and stone bank. Cut down some rampaging rape seed plants growing out of the bonfire.
Thought I would show you my beans set up for this year @Sheps Last year tried to grow them in a raised bed against the fence, they took off ( eventually) and I couldn't keep them on my side of the fence, that's the problem with being short! This is back to my original layout, works for me as when they reach the top I can still reach to encourage them to follow the canes, and they are easier to find/pick.
@Joyce Goldenlily went and checked our quinces and pears after your comment. We have a quince in the main garden and one in the orchard. They were both covered in flowers and thankfully they are setting fruit. Ditto our pear trees which weren't good last year.
So apart from checking fruits we have cleared the weeds between the polytunnel and hornbeam hedge. Had a real go at the bluebells that are invading the pebble area surrounding the iris bed (different ones). Weeded out some encroaching ox eye daisies as we have so many plants throughout the garden.
I don’t know if you have noticed this @Sheps but your pictures in the recent days here are also art in the sense of “it’s not the camera but the person holding the camera that makes the difference”. Very inspiring. I love looking at your pictures.
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Also... Little Gem lettuce pricked out into cells.
Also, made a temporary wind break to take pressure off the young plants.
Mine are out now. If you swapped the pot on the right with the one next to it, you can tie in a cross cane between the two, giving the beans more space to roam. It will increase your harvest. 😁 As long as you keep an eye on the weight at the top it works well, but with the fence behind you could fix that easily with a couple of wires onto the fence.
Although I love a good wigwam, the wire type support interests me, I shall investigate.
You are too kind @CatDouch
Not a single flower on my Quince tree.
Sowed some Spring onions and White radish.
Watered the conservatory.
Something is chewing the heads off my Cosmos seedlings in the greenhouse. No slug trails, suspect Vine Weevil.
Belatedly cut back my tall grass and finished removing dead stems from the Ginger Lilies.
Weed killered a small patio area a slate path and stone bank.
Cut down some rampaging rape seed plants growing out of the bonfire.
Last year tried to grow them in a raised bed against the fence, they took off ( eventually) and I couldn't keep them on my side of the fence, that's the problem with being short!
This is back to my original layout, works for me as when they reach the top I can still reach to encourage them to follow the canes, and they are easier to find/pick.
I ♥ my garden.