Update for AUGUST 2011

As you can see i have  changed the background as i felt the floor boards weren't working.  The biggest news in August involved the bees over at the "lost plot".  I acquired two  5 frame "nuc's" at the end of June, these where fed Syrup to help them build up. By the 3rd week of August they had both filled two brood boxes so i took off the feed and added supers.




I had absolutely no idea of what was about to happen , see the 'Bees' page for the rest of the story.

July 2011

July saw the bees expanding well...




And the heirloom peas starting to crop...




The Salmon flowered pea (above) is beautiful but with all the flowers at the top of the stem does tend to crop all at once on each plant. Varience between plants and successional plantings give a better coverage.

Another of this years swop introductions was Carruthers Purple Podded. It looks fantastic,  cropped well and is by far the sweetest of all the purple podded varieties i have tried.