Beans!

Swift update on the state of the bean sowings.  There are now eight runner bean seedlings from the 2 May sowing.  They're Runner Bean 'Polestar'.  This is my third year sowing them (same pack of seeds!) and they crop well and are tasty and stringless until they get very big.  It will be interesting to compare them with a different variety this year.

The very first seedling of the Dwarf French Bean 'Tendercrop', also sowed on 2 May, is poking above the compost this morning.  That's 20 days to germination.  But then, everything seems to be slow to germinate this year.

Also sowed on 2 May were Climber French Beans 'Cobra' and Dwarf French Bean 'Kinghorn Wax',  a yellow bean that I had a great crop from 2 years ago but that got decimated by slugs last year.   There's no sign of these coming through yet but we'll wait and see.  BTW, just discovered that any bean called 'Wax' is yellow.  It's the bean worlds word for yellow!

I also noted that a small patch of rocket is coming through nicely (horray!  first time I've managed to germinate rocket) but carrots (Nantes 2) and radishes haven't appeared yet.  The other good news is that the parsnip seed (Albion) I sowed between the rows of elephant garlic have germinated and are looking good although I sowed them far too thickly and am going to have to thin (sob, sob).  I HATE thinning!  Seems like such a waste.

Enough of gardening for now, it's a miserable wet, windy day again for which I'm grateful as my exam is on Monday and I really need to knuckle down and study for the next few days.