Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9491 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 25 12:52 pm Post subject:
Do broad beans seeds need to dry before planting?
I put in a dozen fresh ones...They hadn't come up by the time I left..25th October...I'm away for another week, so I'll re-sow if still no sign then.
Still getting a few grapes from the greenhouse and some leeks from the garden. The purple sprouters are refusing to sprout; think there might be too much nitrogen and too little potash in the stuff I put on the bed last year, but the leaves aren't bad cooked up.
Gardens here are sponges, trodden on when needs must with the expectation of squelch.
Next door neighbour is away for a holiday at her sister's place so went in this morning with secateurs and cut back the derelict cosmos in one tub, various other bits and scooped up drowned annuals elsewhere. Far to wet to rake up stuff so that will just get left. We share the brown bin as the gardens are small.
Cut my lawn good and hard back for the winter without killing it this week and lent the garden waste bin to the ladies doing the winter planting in the tubs at the front door.
Last brown garden waste bin collection for the year tomorrow.
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Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9491 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 25 2:14 pm Post subject:
Cavolo Nero and broad beans in the greenhouse. The beans need potting on
Managed to round up all the last dregs of plant life for the garden waste bin on December 1st. Which was a collection I wasn't expecting.
Decided not to fight the over the fence back hedge and wait to see if we get frost on the quagmire of the garden. The contractors cut the tops of the over this fence hedge and left the cuttings on top. Bit of a mess but dry cuttings won't hurt in the bin till March.
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