I've opted to plant them in the same place as originally planned back at the start of July. I had ten seedlings in all, of varying quality... they look good planted out though in two rows of five... just hoping that they can flourish before it gets too cold.
The picture above was taken before I covered them with copious amounts of netting - the local wildlife is apparently partial to beetroot leaves... Maggie gave up on hers earlier in the season after they were pretty much all eaten!
I also took along a few other seedlings that had grown well over the last few weeks. I was given a mixed variety of beans and peas - so, with all the naivety of Jack, I planted them to see what beanstalks would grow...
I can identify peas of course... apparently these are also on the local wildlife's most wanted list, so I wrapped them in netting too.
I also added what look like a couple of french bean seedlings on the end of the existing row of beans I have growing... probably a little young to plant out, but nothing to lose now really...
The beans planted last week have wound their way around the short canes, and don't appear to be too adversely affected by the leaf losses...
And finally, as a reward for my progress, it was time for my only radish to be harvested:
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| The sum of this year's plot crop thus far... |
The radishes I planted in year one of my grow your own adventure were sweet and crunchy... I did a taste test of this one, and boy was it hot! My tongue was on fire, and my mouth ulcer was raging...!
If the French have these for breakfast, goodness knows what they eat the rest of the day long!
Part three to follow soon - more radish(!), and some fennel and cabbage seedlings...
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