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Photographs taken as the year progresses and the beds develop.

full cabbage bed — Healthy cabbages on one year no-dig bed

courgette ready to pick — This courgette on hay mulch is ready to pick

ladybird on leaf — Ladybird polishing off leaf damaging aphids - fennel encourages ladybirds

developing pumpkin — Developing pumpkin - not especially holistic but pleasing to see!

August Update

now two pumpkins — Same pumpkin (2 months on) - now orange with companion

courgettes — Same bed - one of three courgette plants

large red cabbage — This red cabbage is ready to pick

runner beans — Runner beans coming thick and fast

I am also growing Borlotti beans. This is a climbing bean that is sometimes called “French bean”. I believe on the continent, they are allowed to become totally mature and only the kernel is used. I find that if you gather it young, it can be used same as the British runner bean, eating the complete pod. When mature, the outer pod becomes fibrous so just use the kernel which can also be dried for storage. The dried bean takes much longer to cook.

The Borlotti does not produce as much as the standard runner bean but tends to go on later in the season, displaying its striking looking pod. I am including the photo on the left as I feel that it is an incredible work of art that nature has created.