Beans behaving
In June – after a loooong cold spell – we at last planted the climbing French beans (Goldfield and Algarve). They were definitely nothing to write home about
and – infringing the Pollyanna copyright – I warbled to Pekka not to worry: if we just get enough beans to eat fresh in the summer it will be all right as we still have quite a few packages from last year in the freezer (oddly, he wasn’t enthusiastic).
Well, the summer WAS warm…
..and now we have even more packages in the freezer – and a staple diet of beans. Maybe it’s the colour but our first favourite still is Goldfield – reliable, abundantly cropping and delicious. Algarve is not bad – actually it’s very good – but…
The ground caraway seeds found their way – together with fennel, aniseed, bitter orange peel and a few other ingredients – into the bread.
Yesterday we were returning from the nearest shop (25 km from home) when Pekka suddenly stood on the brake – he had noticed something we have been looking for in vain since the beginning of August: ceps. We were out of the car in a flash and in ten minutes had collected more than ten litres young perfect mushrooms. Hopefully this is a very late beginning of a productive season and not just a solitary stroke of luck.
