How does your garden grow?

[SteamyTea]

16 minutes ago, Marvin said:

I presume you got your taste buds shot off in a war....

That, and 2 of my 3 testicles.

[Marvin]

11 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

That, and 2 of my 3 testicles.

How long have you had your numeracy problem or double vision?

[SteamyTea]

1 hour ago, Marvin said:

How long have you had your numeracy problem or double vision?

Like the mighty redwood, just one of nature's aristocrats.

Just like Tony Hancock in the Blood Donor.

[Onoff]

I forgot all about my bucket of nettle fertiliser and in this heat most of the liquid has evaporated:

 

[saveasteading]

if it stinks it will do. but water it down a lot for use.

[Onoff]

Had our first crop of runners the other night. Simply top and tailed, chopped with scissors and boiled. With some fish cakes. Very nice.

Somebody said you can eat them with butter?

I really want to try a runner bean chutney recipe.

[SteamyTea]

[Onoff]

24 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

 

Is that it the whole crop?

 

Now then, do you just top and tail or string the sides too?

[SteamyTea]

7 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

Is that it the whole crop?

 

Now then, do you just top and tail or string the sides too?

No, they are just starting to get going.

 

I swallow them raw.

[saveasteading]

15 hours ago, Onoff said:

do you just top and tail or string the sides too?

Snap an end off, and if it comes off clean, then no need to destring.

If a string comes with it then it needs to be pulled off.

If the end is bendy then past its best.

[Pocster]

Probably worth a visit 

[SteamyTea]

49 minutes ago, pocster said:

Probably worth a visit 

I usually sneak in the back entrance.

 

I used to be a gynaecologist.

Then I got caught.

Edited August 10, 2022 by SteamyTea

[Pocster]

It’s very hot ! You lot must be thirsty …

[Onoff]

[saveasteading]

The beans are poor. Plenty of flower but not many turning to beans, so about 2 per day going into whatever veg mix we have. But courgettes good, and the cucumbers and tomatoes looking much livelier in the sensible temperatures.

[joe90]

Well it’s like autumn here, leaves on the trees turning brown and falling off 😱

[Onoff]

What ails my runners?

These are some of the trenched ones? Some have green nodules on, I think there's an infestation in the nodules. Whatever "hatches" and leaves these damaged areas behind.

At the mo it's a minority but anxious to nip it in the bud.

 

 

 

 

 

[Roundtuit]

Looks like a natural plant response to some sort of pest grazing damage. It's probably superficial and will scrape off when you wash them.  I'm going to say Capsids, but mainly 'cos I like the word. (Capsids...)

[SteamyTea]

I have had about 4 handfuls of edible runners of mine.

I chop then up and eat them raw in a salad.

Not many left now.

[Onoff]

1 hour ago, Roundtuit said:

Looks like a natural plant response to some sort of pest grazing damage. It's probably superficial and will scrape off when you wash them.  I'm going to say Capsids, but mainly 'cos I like the word. (Capsids...)

 

Whitefly somebody suggested. Going to get back spraying with peppermint oil.

[Roundtuit]

8 hours ago, Onoff said:

 

Whitefly somebody suggested. Going to get back spraying with peppermint oil.

Hmm... I'm going to stick with Capsids.  The Southern Green Shield bug is known to favour beans. Not sure how it feels about peppermint, but worth a try.

[Pocster]

[Onoff]

Talking of has beans...

[Onoff]

Neem oil seems to be the thing for shield bugs which we do have in the garden.

 

Wonder if it's any use to deter the lower hanging, bottom dwelling pocsteris bug that's plaguing this thread?

[SteamyTea]

53 minutes ago, Onoff said:

bottom dwelling pocsteris bug that's plaguing this thread?

Said be wanted me to dwell in his bottom.