Thursday 2nd June 2011
A busy day with Diana started promptly at 10.00am sharp. Erecting the bean supports was our first task, eight canes long and two at each end, resting against a sturdy iron support. A runner bean plant went next to each cane and was tied gently in place. Then we draped and pinned wind protection netting around the bottom, as the wind sweeps straight up the river valley and knocks plants flat here. The French beans went next with a more familiar wigwam shape and yet more netting, I couldn't help thinking that they looked like ladies skirts when we'd finished.
We spent a good hour before lunch weeding chickweed from amongst the carrot seedlings, a fiddly job made all the more tricky as young carrots look very like grass! By the time we packed in for the day everything looked very tidy and business like.
For my pains, Diana sent me home with an armful of plants, French beans, an aloe for the kitchen windowsill ( if you burn yourself , just snap a leaf in two and rub the juice on your skin ), and a lovely little bay tree.
Just couldn't resist adding another photo today, I think it is THE DRINKER Euthrix potatoria, so called because it likes to sip the dew. I laid him next to an ear of barley so you could see how big he was!
"May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun and find your shoulder to light on,
to bring you luck happiness and riches, today tomorrow and beyond"
Irish Blessing
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