It feels like we’re so far through the year already. I have to keep reminding myself that it’s still only April and we have most of the growing season ahead of us. Even so, those dates on the back of the seed packets seem to have come so late this year.

To that end we’ve only just got the second variety of tomatoes – Gardeners’ Delight – and two varieties of beans potted up. We’re rationalising our beans this year and growing only runners and climbing beans. With three varieties every summer for the last few years we’ve had something of a glut of beans in the high season, which seems a bit of a waste.

So, we may be planting less this year, but it gives us a chance to concentrate on the crops that really matter. And it sure does feel good to have a potting bench full of little red pots again.

Related posts:

1. We’ve started planting this year’s seeds
2. Clearing out the greenhouse
3. Planting beans, lettuce and sunflowers