Matron grows vegetables and fruit in a Hampshire garden. I've been growing veggies since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Some traditional varieties and old favourites as well as new ideas. I share my garden with my allotment assistant Daisy the Labrador. On Twitter as @MatronsVeggies
My first picking of Broad Beans were just perfect this afternoon. This variety Masterpiece was a purchase from a local garden centre because the early Spring was just too cold and wet to plant seeds.
posted by Matron @ 8:15 PM
I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is a way of life. I am also qualified as a dog behaviourist and I have set up my own business, www.blackdogdna.com
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They make your mouth water just looking at them. Because of my limited space in the Kitchen garden the only beans I continue to plant are the Mrs. Fortunes Climbing Beans that you so kindly shared in 2011. They are wonderful by the way.
As I recall it, part of the Mum's role includes eating half of them raw...! (Applies to peas too)
A lovely occupation on a warm afternoon.I can never decide when to first pick the beans?!
Maggie adores all beans and peas and has been known to sneakily eat them off the plants!!
I think there will be a broad bean harvest tomorrow :)
I do love shelling them, there's no history to it in our families but it just feels so right.
Love your basket I really need one but they all seem so dear :(
Hugs xx
One of my earliest, most enduring memories of both summer and my grandparents is my grandmother (Nannie) sitting out on her little patio, popping pea pods in the sunshine. It's a very comforting task for me and one to be enjoyed by generations to come, I hope.
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