Season 2010

Photo:Broad Beans growing through the cold winter
Photo:Hazel pruning party in the New Year
Photo:Early peas grown in loo rolls get planted out in April
Photo:Second early potatoes planted into trenches with organic chicken manure added
Photo:April colour
Photo:May: harvesting asparagus for the first time after 5 years growth from seed
Photo:A great harvest: worth waiting for
Photo:Flea beetle damage on brassicas
Photo:New brick paths, June
Photo:Russian comfrey
Photo:Comfrey mulch after heavy rain on bed that will later be planted with courgettes
Photo:Honeysuckle
Photo:June: at last, the broad bean harvest has begun
Photo:Knitting workshop with Helen Hudson
Photo:Planmt sale for Pam's Fund, June 2010
Photo:Onion trial: Heritage variety, Up-To-Date (left) vs Bedfordshire Champion (right)
Photo:Onion trial in July, shows Bedfordshire Champion growing much more strongly
Photo:Robinson peas - a super sweet and high yielding variety from the Heritage Seed Library.
Photo:Three sweet potato seedlings were planted up in the green house in a raised bed of compost in early summer
Photo:By August, the sweet potatoes were showing lots of top growth
Photo:Sweet potato harvest from two plants grown in the greenhouse
Photo:Sweet Potatoes outside, July
Photo:Sweet potatoes in August
Photo:Sweet potato harvest from six plants grown outside
Photo:Dwarf French beans grown with summer savoury make good companions
Photo:A climbing French bean uses sunflower as support
Photo:Lots of blackfly, lots of ladybirds around this year
Photo:Dill seed heads
Photo:Phacelia seed head - the seed will be collected and saved for next year
Photo:Red Lettuce (Marshalls) with tagetes
Photo:Raspberry harvest - the dry summer reduced the picking so just as well we have a large patch
Photo:Sussex apple "Forge" gave us a tasty crop this year
Photo:but the rats got to our sweet corn before we did
This gallery was added by Helen Gibbs on 01/10/2010.

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