| Hi everyone | | | | We have been absolutely thrilled with our experiment |
| The cold weather has now arrived, although it is still | | | | of planting runner beans in pots late in the season |
| warmer than it should be at this time of year. It is | | | | when the beans planted in the garden were coming |
| also a lot dryer too and that has allowed us to catch | | | | to an end as it was a complete success. We are |
| up with our workload. | | | | eating fresh tender beans now and for probably for |
| Rusty our dog has been enjoying himself with this | | | | another two weeks at least. |
| good weather out in the garden. He has been taking | | | | If you want to read more about what we did with |
| advantage of my wife Sandra because of the dry | | | | the beans see previous Gardens, Garden Tips articles |
| warm spell she has been outside in the garden. This | | | | Garden Tips |
| means he has been able to have his ball thrown for | | | | You should have done all your pruning and cutting |
| him to chase. One happy and content dog, also he | | | | back in the garden by now, but if you have not |
| does have a walk every day around the village when | | | | there is still time. This is also a good time to prepare |
| weather permits. | | | | the garden areas for next year by digging over all |
| Sandra is going to Egypt shortly for seven days to | | | | the bare ground ready for next years planting. It will |
| help her chest as she suffers from Chronic | | | | pay you to dig in some good old manure that will |
| Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). I must admit | | | | nourish the ground. |
| until my wife was diagnosed with COPD I had no | | | | A good garden tip if you do not want to mess |
| idea what it was. The long and the short of it, is that | | | | around with wheel barrowing the manure to the |
| she has lung damage due to pneumonia that she had | | | | garden is to buy some tubs of chicken pellets and |
| when she was a child and until quite recently did not | | | | spread them over the surface before digging (a real |
| know there was a problem. | | | | back saver). |
| COPD is the number five Killer Disease in the world | | | | The lawns are still growing but at a slower rate. Do |
| and a lot of people are never diagnosed until it is too | | | | not be scared to give them a cut as it will make |
| late. This does not stop Sandra from doing jobs in | | | | them look good and will not waste their energy in |
| the garden or general things but alters the way she | | | | maintaining the extra length in the plant. Make sure |
| does them. If you would like more information on | | | | any leaves are raked, blown, vacuumed, brushed or |
| COPD go to | | | | lawn mowed up and then put on the compost heap. |