You may remember, earlier this summer, Helen and I planted some old-fashioned varieties of pole beans in a pot with some herbs.  Well, this is my third harvest, and there’s more to come.  The yellow beans came first, then the purple and now the green & more purple.  I’ll definitely do this again next year! 

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In these two videos, Barbara shows me how to plant herbs and beans in a pot. The first video contains a neat trick to help figure out how many plants to buy for your pot. The second one, which is a bit longer than most of our videos, is a step-by-step primer on how to [...]

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Helen: Barbara, when I see the huge amount of garden stuff that’s available in garden centres I am a bit overwhelmed. How do you know what to buy and how much?
Barbara: Well Helen, it depends on what you want to do. Let’s consider three different purposes: pots, flower beds and vegetables. In each case, have [...]

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Barbara believes in being unconventional, and in this video she teaches me to sow peas in the flower bed!

This video was shot on May 16. Here’s how the peas look today, and they are about 7″ tall. We can’t wait to taste them!

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