beans
Peas
February is still a long way off from the main vegetable-growing season, but there is a lot that can be done in the garden.
It usually pays to make at least two sowings of peas in February – one in the middle of the month and one towards the end. Peas are not the easiest crop [...]
Beans in May
It is still possible to get a frost in early May in many parts of Central Brittany – and a careful watch therefore has to be kept on the weather forecast. On cold nights it is worth making an effort to cover potatoes and other sensitive plants with fleece, newspaper, or anything that comes to [...]
Dried Beans
Many people who move to Brittany from the UK do not appreciate the full value of beans as a crop. This is because most of the legume crops grown in Britain – broad beans, runner beans, French beans, peas, etc – are eaten fresh, and therefore only have a short season.
In many parts of France, [...]
Broad Beans
If you have not already done so, now is the time to plant your broad bean seeds. Broad beans are not the easiest or highest yielding crop to grow, but there is something particularly rewarding about starting the sowing calendar now, before the cold weather arrives, and being able to see at least one of [...]
August – Keeping things tidy
An effective and very strurdy climbing frame for beans. The frame is made entirely from bamboo, and uses no string (the bamboo is woven in and out of the uprights). The beans on the picture are not very vigorous. so the frams did not need to be particularely high
I have grown a lot of cabbages [...]
- Coppicing and Faggot Making
Given that so much is said about sustainable energy resources, it is perhaps surprising that the anc... - Autumn Tree Planting
October is the month when you can start to think about this winter's tree planting programme. Firstl... - Firewood and Log Splitting
I was talking to one of my old Breton neighbours recently and she told me that as far as she was con... - Compost
One aspect of life in Brittany that is not adequately celebrated today is the fact that we have one ... - Tree Planting
Anyone not accustomed to land management may be disturbed by the idea of chopping down anything as m... - Tree Felling
There is a well-established belief that the sap is at its lowest in the trees during the first week ... - Potatoes – Getting Ready
You can start digging trenches for your potatoes in February. Early potatoes can also be put in seed... - Peas
February is still a long way off from the main vegetable-growing season, but there is a lot that can... - Tree Protection
Deer and hares are the two principal causes of danger for young trees. It is when the sap begins to ... - April Planting
April is the month in which Bretons traditionally start to put serious work into their gardens. It i...
Gardening
