We enjoyed the first batch of broad beans planted last autumn and overwintered today in our evening meal a simple affair but with the added bonus of Vales Emerald first early potatoes both from our allotment plot.
Afterwards I walked round the plot to do a bee count on some of the wild flowers.
Friends of the Earth are concerned about declining bee numbers due to the loss of their natural habitat and have a smartphone and notepad App where you can identify and log bee varieties and numbers. You can find it Here I saw lots of bumble bees but no honey bees.
Route one to the pollen
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Picked before they get to big
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Small but perfectly formed
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Ready for the pot
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Grilled tomatoes, broad beans, new potatoes with chives and butter, chicken breast, simple and quick
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Oh, very nice! Those BBs look perfect. If you leave them to get big they go leathery, don't they? [Meal and photography very much along the lines of Mark's Veg Pot. I approve!]
ReplyDeleteI have been closely observing your food art for some time now Mark
ReplyDeleteLovely David!
ReplyDeleteFood art - another string to your bow. Hope that you didn't let the meal go cold though.
ReplyDeleteNo it was just right Sue
DeleteThanks Victoria
ReplyDeleteExcellent bee pics - hope you enjoyed your home grown meal.
ReplyDeletesure did Elaine
DeleteDelicious. I'm not normally a fan of the bean. But I've been swayed.
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Jean they are much nicer picked early
DeleteThanks for the link, very interesting. Hubby and I were saying we think there are more bees this year, we live in Hampshire, fingers crossed I'm doing what I can in my garden to help them.
ReplyDeleteMarlene I agree in as much as there are loads of bumble bees around here in Eastbourne but not many other species
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