Beans they are a growin'

I have been diligently sowing seeds for the autumn and winter seasons in the hope that we will be able to salvage enough water to feed the little veges when they start to grow. I have tried ‘Eden seeds’ this time after my partner got me a selection for Christmas last year. I felt bad taking advantage of a ‘going out of business sale’ at yet another nursery hit by the Australian drought but it was still a good chance to get a wide range of seeds to grow.

I put the seeds in last weekend and already a number of them have come up beautifully. I have planted out two lots of beans that have sprouted and am eagerly awaiting the growth of the rest of them. I thought that beans would be a good crop to try in a drought as they are fast growers and ‘fruit’ quickly. They add a lot of nitrogen to the soil so it will be great for future crops to be planted. As I don’t have a lot of room, they will be a good thing to plant against the fence where they wont take up a lot of space.

The quality of the stock from Eden seeds is excellent and they have beautiful old varieties of heirloom seeds. I am trying: Lazy Wife beans, Borlotti Beans, Bush beans, Epicure beans, snake beans and Scarlett Runner beans. That should keep us well fed for a while at least! I am also growing some beetroot which normally grows well and is so good for you.

The house is crammed full of buckets near every tap to catch all the overflow. We are not using tap water for the garden so now dodge buckets wherever we go!

I will post some pics of the bean progress on the weekend with my new camera.