My 'Purple King' climbing beans
still have potential to produce a crop so I am leaving them in the
ground for another month and I planted three more bush beans of the late
variety "Hawksbury Wonder" on Thursday this week. Bush beans only crop for about
two weeks and someone stole every bean from my "Purple King" and the yellow "Cherokee Wax" bush beans while I was away for a few days
at the end of February. Now I am watching the garden like a hawk and
spending much more time there until I can harvest the current crop of
beans. Keeping the beans in the ground so late in the season means half my bed is occupied when I would normally like to be planting winter crops like winter carrots, turnips, beetroot and parsnips. When choosing carrot seeds for winter, select a cool season variety. Don't hold off planting carrot seed too much longer as it is slow to germinate once the ground gets cold. Luckily I have half a bed unoccupied so I have been able to plant seedlings of lettuce and winter greens and will have room between them to plant garlic.
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