Where did the sunshine go?  Why is it on bank holidays the sun wont put it’s hat on and come out to play!  Never mind we soldiered on and have managed to get a lot of the little jobs done. We have opened a new  bed,  yes another one, we needed a bit more space to put the runner beans in so thought we would experiment with an visually pretty vegetable bed in which we will grow some runner beans , swiss chard and red lettuce.  The Victorians  grew runner beans as ornamentals and so will we but we will also enjoy the produce they will bring too. The ground which was grass had not been dug in many years,  so we have added some compost to help with conditioning it … Read entire article »