Kitchen Garden Forum

Well the Runner Beans have been eaten and enjoyed, and very nice they were too.

I don't freeze any so the first ones are always that bit more special, it's certainly true that saying, absence makes the heart grow fonder, even more so when, a way to a mans heart is through his stomach.

Lucky you! Are they a stringless variety?

Dear Colin, i don't think they are classed as a stringless bean, but i always try and pick the beans while young so it's not a problem.

I made a vegetable pie today for my vegetarian granddaughter, all with this year's fresh vegetables: peas, broad beans, kohlrabi, tiny cauliflower, potatoes, tiny carrots and lots of herbs. It was much appreciated.
With today's downpours the peas and broad beans should be filling nicely, too!

Dear Monika, i bet the vegetable pie you made was so much better than any you could buy.
I'm not surprised she appreciated it.

Heres a photo of what my Runner beans look like at the moment.

Hi OH,

Looking at the other pictures on that site, do you and Old Codger play with the train set in your loft

I'm not into trains P.J, not sure about Old Codger as i've never been in his loft.

The photo bucket belongs to my friend.

Hi OH,

Certainly a lot of work has gone into building the layout hasn't it.
The runner beans look impressive. I'm sure Old Codger will claim them as his own I've got plenty of french beans coming now, but sadly only one runner so far Oh well, things can only get better

What a fantastic picture OH. Are they all the Kelvedon Marvel?

Thankyou Colin, the ones you can see on this side are indeed Kelvedon Wonder, the ones on the other side are Wisley Magic, but these are only just getting up to the top.

I thought this topic was "Cold June" - there doesn't look to be much wrong with the crops if it is, much better than last year.

Sorry, looks as if i have put the spanner in the works again.

Don't worry, OH, I am sure this 'cold June' has benefited some vegetables. Now that we have had the rain, ample rain at that, the brassicas, leeks and celeriac are growing like mad, whereas our runner beans and particularly the dwarf beans are definitely sulking in the low temperatures.

My runner beans are struggling and they've just got over the wind burn from last month.
The courgettes are struggling but everything in the greenhouse is looking OK if slow to grow.

The spuds need digging up v soon & the cabbage & calabrese are fighting off the slugs.

I'm becoming a weather obsessive.