Fresh back from the sun in Thailand and into blue sky and sunshine at home - just a bit colder. The first frosts have hit and the dahlias have almost given up. I collected one last lot today, but I guess they'll get cut back to the ground tomorrow ready for lifting and storing in the cellar over winter.
The Lady Di runner beans were great. Not only did they provide a plentiful harvest (they were still flowering and fruiting up until today), but they also took the "Special Prize" at the EHS Summer Show (for which I won a pathetic blue door mat. I blame the prize committee - I wanted the little hedge saw thing).
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| Half the pile of dug up bean plants resting on stupid prize door mat. |
The compost bin is full of frost zapped dahlia flowers and half of the ex-Lady Di's. The rest of the Lady Di's are piled up on the blue doormat outside the shed. Maybe I'll burn them on November 5th.
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| Roots of one Lady Di runner bean plant next to car keys and goji berries for scale |
When you look at the size of the roots on the runner beans its no wonder they were so prolific. The soil is pretty soft at the moment, so the come out okay, but they look a bit lie docks or parsnips. Can you eat runner bean roots?
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