Sunday, November 15, 2009

Bean there, done that

Today I stripped six broad bean plants of their beans to make way for some more tomato plants. There are still ten broad bean plants standing.

Broad bean harvest

I spent the afternoon shelling them, but not all in one go. I'd sew for a bit, shell some beans, sew a bit more, shell some more, have a drink and a sit-down, shell. Repeat. It was kind of fun. Mind-numbing fun, but fun just the same.

I woke up at 6 am today, and not by choice. Bloody hayfever. I ended up in the sewing room, drugged to the eyeballs, and made a big effort on the sunnyboy sewing. By lunchtime I had eight all made, and that was with my usual Sunday swim-and-coffee in the middle of the morning.

Sunnyboys

Eight down, eight to go.
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10 comments:

  1. LeahNovember 15, 2009 at 9:52 PM

    Nice beans and bags! Dh has been suffering today too. I have one of those red deer bags, and it always make me think of Snape's patronus (a good thing!)

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  2. OliviaNovember 15, 2009 at 11:23 PM

    very productive day! I'm glad the Sunnyboys going so well.

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  3. june at noonNovember 16, 2009 at 7:44 AM

    Sounds like a nice rhythm. Hope you're feeling better!

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  4. BecNovember 16, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    I'm with you on the awful hayfever wagon - it's cruddy!
    Beans & Sunnyboys all look great ;-)

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  5. SueNovember 16, 2009 at 10:50 AM

    Broad beans are eaten raw here, I dont like them cooked as my dad used to grow them and cook them and they always went a yucky gray color and tasted awful. We picked all our peas the other night and Isabelle and I sat there shelling them. Rather theraputive I think. The sunnyboys look fantastic. I love using mine and so does my mum! Perfect size for socks.

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  6. dillpickleNovember 16, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    Your beans look great! I love broad beans but we're yet to have a go at growing them ourselves. Maybe next year!

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  7. TaniaNovember 16, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    I would have been hopeless. I would have eaten half the broad beans and then been, er, too uncomfortable to sit and sew!

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  8. BronNovember 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM

    wow - you sure got a bumper crop!
    good thing they're tasty ;o)
    I would never have imagined it possible, but I think your sunnyboys just get cuter and cuter everytime you show us a new crop!
    xo

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  9. mel bombaNovember 16, 2009 at 8:30 PM

    arhh they look fab!! both the beans and the sunnyboys!!

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  10. EmmaNovember 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM

    What a bumper crop! I hope you've got a plethora of broad bean recipes to use them all up.

    That blossom fabric is just wonderful. When I grow up to be a seamstress, I should like to work with that fabric.

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