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They eat them voraciously, from the edges inwards, often just leaving the veins. More and more of my vegetables here are netted...

Not sure if these varieties being ahead is random, genetic or what, but in any case these are my tallest plants so far this year...

So impressed with this Russian variety. Can't believe how fast it put tomatoes on, despite the transplants being kinda neglected just...

A photo of my tomato chaos just to illustrate the different methods. Sunviva, the tallest in the photo, is a strong grower and is...

And a few bush bean flowers, just because they’re so lovely.

I enjoy photographing bean flowers. These four are the first of my pole beans to flower.

Yes, one stem. As you say, you’re growing for maximum seed yield. Tomatoes are very generous with their seeds of course. It would be...

Thanks for the full explanation. Your cages look splendidly robust and there is great attraction in leaving the plants to do their own...

Sympathies. I do have a love-hate relationship with peonies. Here they always flop and that together with how quickly they’re over makes...

I don’t really understand how tomato cages work. Do you reach into them from above to prune your tomatoes and then to pick them? How do...

The twining of the pole beans begins, and the award for earliest spinner goes to 'Vitalis', a variety sent to me from Spain. Wow, I...

I can vouch for the beauty, usefulness and general benefits of allowing celery, in particular Redventure in my case, to go to seed...

Ah, penny drops! Thanks

Interesting. Allium leaf miner arrived here about three years ago. I had always assumed they only like alliums. So allium leaf miner...