Gardening in a small space, sunflowers and later on…. bee friendly plants!
This picture was taken on the 2nd June this year. My sunflowers had been growing nicely from seed in their pots and at this point were transplanted to this small patch that gets some good sun.
Now look at the bad boys!!
You can just tell that the flowers are starting to form and I’m looking forward to seeing them.
I also planted three just behind this wall. One of them didn’t make it due to me tying it too tightly to the cane but the other two did and they are poking their noses over the fence and growing taller every day.
The broad beans have also come on a treat and are now providing us with a glut of beans. We thought that they may have been over run with black-fly a few weeks ago but found an awesome organic spray that enabled the plants to get stronger, flower and then produce the pods.
The beans are about this size now.
If you can’t tell just how big they are I’ll put one on Boo so you can see it in context…
A good size for organic beans, I’m sure you’ll agree.
We pick them nightly and I have another recipe that I’ll pop up on here in the next couple of days. It’s a simple risotto but one you’ll love.
Like I said we pick them nightly, just a few, but we’re regular visitors to this small patch of beans. The beans see us coming nowadays and hang on as tightly as they can. Some of them are just not ready for the pot……..
I’ll be back a bit later on today with some pictures of my new SUPER BEE FRIENDLY plants.
I wanted to encourage you today if you only have a small space to garden in. As you can see we planted the broad beans in a small space and have been blessed with a bountiful crop. the same goes for my wall of sunflowers, planted in a small flowerbed. I’d like to show you my sweetcorn but its pouring with rain outside and I cant get the camera wet, but they too have been planted in a bed that is no more than a meter square and I’ll have corn coming out my ears soon …get it? ears…corn…????
*tumbleweed rolls across the screen*
Anyway, go forth in whatever space you have and attempt to grow one, two or three new vegetables, fruits or flowers per year. It builds confidence if it goes well and teaches you more than you could ever wish for if it goes badly. Time well spent.
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