WIPEOUT

It was a bleak time in Narraghmore this morning, the transplanted beans (broadbeans, French beans, runner beans) were wiped out; swept away to Carlow in fact. My first allotment casualty. After weeks of caring, watering and talking to the bloody beans, they did not survive the transplantation or the Athy wind. All that is left is canes and string. It's tough but I'm not going to give up. I've planted bean seedlings that were left over, here's hoping for second time lucky. 

Full of beans

Next up was the broadbeans and French beans. The beds had been well-manured and tilled the weeks previously so the soil was prepared. And like the runner beans I had sowed some in seed trays weeks previously. 

So another array of wigwams quickly went up (I was fast becoming an expert!) and again I sowed some seeds alongside the constructions. 

Harvesting of all the beans will take place in about two/three months, ideally when the pods are about half and inch in diameter. However, I fear the wigwams may not stand the test of our Irish weather. Indeed I will keep you posted.