I have just come home with my first peas of the year! They are from seeds sown last autumn which I featured in the blog protected under bottomless plastic bottles. At least a third did not germinate and those I sowed in modules did not germinate either - two weedy seedlings out of 24. However, the surviving plants have come good and I am looking forward to tasting them; they are beautifully sweet eaten raw!
The spring sown peas have germinated really well and outgrown the net tunnel cloche protecting them. I have delayed staking them too long and had the devil's own job doing it. I then netted them with butterfly netting as I hate maggoty peas!
The first of my strawberries were turning red but when I looked closely the best one had teeth marks - from mice? So I picked all those I could, hoping they will ripen and taste good.
Finally I harvested a large bag of Broad Beans from my overwintered row. I pick them young as I find the taste of the fully mature beans is rather bitter, though even they are nice cooked , then skinned and sauteed in butter and garam masala. Delicious!
The spring sown peas have germinated really well and outgrown the net tunnel cloche protecting them. I have delayed staking them too long and had the devil's own job doing it. I then netted them with butterfly netting as I hate maggoty peas!
The first of my strawberries were turning red but when I looked closely the best one had teeth marks - from mice? So I picked all those I could, hoping they will ripen and taste good.
Finally I harvested a large bag of Broad Beans from my overwintered row. I pick them young as I find the taste of the fully mature beans is rather bitter, though even they are nice cooked , then skinned and sauteed in butter and garam masala. Delicious!
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