The Final Harvest

My broad beans are no more. After many a fine bucket load of beans, the small forest of broad bean bushes began to wilt under the increasingly hot days. In addition, their leaves were developing something that looked like rust. The chances of these leaves spreading disease was too great, so the whole lot was dug up and removed from the vegetable area. However, I managed to harvest one last time, and the results can be seen above. Three large containers stuffed full of beans. Delicious!  I am going to plant carrots in the vacant garden bed left behind. I was raking the topsoil and applying potash  to the bed this morning (root crops prefer extra potassium, which stimulates root growth,  rather that extra nitrogen, which stimulates leave growth). I'll plant three rows of carrot seed and lay some newspaper on top, keeping the paper moist, and wait (carrot seeds take a relatively long time to germinate). More photos to follow!!