Green beans solve problem
For some time we’ve been wondering what we can best put in the small raised vegetable bed we have built at The Larches. We have started with some potatoes but while they are fine and growing well, they take quite a bit of space. With the rhubarb now rising strong and some onions pushing up, what is our best option?
It may sound like a Gardeners’ Question Time but it was a real question – until today when I met up with the Brookmans who have given me a new lead. “Why not try a tepee of bamboo sticks and grow your green beans up them?”, said Ali. It looks a great solution to judge from the photo opposite of Anna as she picks some beans for our Sunday lunch.
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We’ve been having success this year here in Chicago with tomatoes and Spanish peppers (pimientos de Padron) but the summers here are pretty warm. Then again tomatoes, at least cherry tomatoes, can do well in Seattle in a good summer, and Seattle and the Lakes are somewhat similar climate-wise I’d say…