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Harvesting the Swiss Chard Forest

One thing I notice about some of my over-wintered vegetables, is that they are very quick to bolt. My over-wintered Swiss Chard was doing well for about two months and all of a sudden it grew more than a metre … Continue reading

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Preparing Fava Beans

The fava forest is now over six feet tall and the bean pods are are ripening. Although fava plants grow straight up without support, as the pods started to get heavy I had to tie them up so they wouldn’t … Continue reading

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Suspiciously slow potatoes…..

Maybe it’s the lack of sun, but the potatoes plants don’t have much mojo. The plants are small and quite pale, they are growing slowly, and the leaves are full of holes. One of my friends pointed out that since … Continue reading

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Fifty shades of fava beans

The only thing growing like crazy in my garden is Fava Beans. Almost five months after planting, the bushes are almost six feet tall and some of the more mature plants are developing very thick green pods. I am going … Continue reading

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