Borlotti Beans – Timbits

Borlotti beans, peas and winter lettuce

8 November 2020 by tim

Last weekend – during a brief dry spell! – I managed to harvest the borlotti beans which had been left on the plants to ripen. With the relentlessly wet weather but frosts on the way it seemed like the time … Read more

Allotment | Food

Grease bands and borlotti beans

8 October 2020 by tim

It’s very definitely autumn on the allotment now although the last lingering memories of summer survive in the greenhouse; tomatoes, still in production but much slower to ripen, and peppers and chilli peppers seem to find a new lease of … Read more