Looks like a beautiful setting for a garden, with the water and mountains in the background...and your plants look great.
I was just thinking about the kohlrabi. I believe there are at least two types green/white or red. I like the taste od these. They are tasty things.
Thanks all The broad beans or farmer beans as we call them, really don't have a lot of flowers, about maybe 6-7 per plant. Like i said i had to do alot of adjusting to the soil before i could plant. I keep fertilizing them, and lots of water, but i think its just that they were started and planted to late. When i first planted them, the bottoms all turned yellow, not enough fertilizer, but since i been babing them, they all have new shoots at the root and seem to be making a come back. Well all i can do is see what happens in a month or until the end of Sept. Oct starts serious frost here.
You know Biita...you don't need to fertilize this type of bean per se; except for a little nitrogen as the plant is developing (only). This is becauuse it produces little nitrogen nodules of it's own on the roots once the plant has established itself. In fact fertilizer might retard the plant's performance.
Sjoerd i have other plants planted there also, some peas, peppers, cucumbers, and when i fertilize, i usually am refering to either cow manure or chicken manure. Not the commercial stuff. But the peppers are the ones who get the bulk of it. That ground was empty of everything, that what i did put in is sure gone by now, so i have to keep the soil up until fall then i can put lots of compost and manures in there cover it up and let it soak in. Then next spring it will be like ground that has been fed for yrs. I didn't have alot of time when i cleared it out to do a thorough job of it, because i had to get those plants planted it was July already,,,lol. But i do try to stay clear of the beans when i do fertilize the others and just give them a very light dose. I'll stop giving them that now, since thats probably whats doing it. Thanks!!
Ok, Biita...I see what you do. BTW...do you recall which type of broad bean those are? There are so many different kinds, and I'm always on the look out for a new one. I once plantewd some broadbeans with red flowers to go with the Swiss chard that had red stalks--very pretty, but not any better tasting (and the red-flowered beans were smallish). Who ever heard of a colour co-ordinated veggie garden :-? ha ha ha. Well, it was fun to do.
