Category Archives: Bean Watch

Eat your greens!

Ye-hah!! We had enough beans to go with our pork chops today. They are finally starting to come and the tomatoes aren’t far behind. Tomato and bean pasta is becoming my specialty! Picture taken with my phone.

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Re-sited

It was too dark to take a decent picture last night, so I took some this morning. Above : This was our buddleia bush on Aug 1st. Below:  Re-sited in the previous onion patch These are our green beans (front) … Continue reading

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Reginald’s legacy

I mentioned in my previous post the state of our garden. Hubby and I got out there before the next band of rain was due to hit and tidied up what we could. The tomatoes are overladen, so we have … Continue reading

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Garden update July

The veg is doing quite well despite the heat as Hubby is religiously watering the garden every other day. Look at our beans! We have two varieties growing side by side, so have red and white flowers. They are almost … Continue reading

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Bearing fruit

Behold, the painted gates! The flip over catch hasn’t been fitted yet as we haven’t been able to get the right size bolt. Still, they work , and you can just make out our post box on the wall and … Continue reading

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Coming along

We’ve been working on the gates today and so far have completed one all bar fitting the furniture. We have put up the fixed panel between the post and the wall though, so can get an idea of how things … Continue reading

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Bean Watch Update : April 29th

Things have been a little difficult on the Bean Watch front mainly because the lads almost got into fisticuffs. Douglas overshot his stick by about three inches and started making out with the blinds, Hubby’s was egging him on, and … Continue reading

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Colin’s Ode to his Bean

Reginald is getting 5 star treatment. Not only his own posts and photographs, but now poems! Thanks Colin: Reginald Bean My name is Reginald And I am a bean A runner you now Perhaps the fastest you’ve seen I was … Continue reading

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Bean Watch 22nd April

The guys are still going mad, and at this rate we will have to put them outside earlier than expected to stop them entangling themselves in the blinds. I took this picture this morning. Douglas has snaked to the top … Continue reading

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Bean Watch: 19th April

Bet you were wondering where I’d bean  been. We have had a most productive day in the potting compost. Our guys are doing brilliantly. Douglas stood at 12 inches tall this morning, Hubby’s was 9 inches with Reginald and a … Continue reading

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