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Today is a very important day for a blog called Olives and Artichokes: the first artichoke of the season has begun to grow.
Aujourd’hui c’est un jour très important pour le blog Olives and Artichokes: le premier artichaut de la saison a commencé à pousser.
And while we were in the garden today we heard a cuckoo for the first time this year. / Et quand nous étions au jardin nous avons entendu un coucou pour la première fois cette année.
We didn’t just sit there admiring our artichoke and listening to the cuckoo, though. We sowed climbing beans too.
Growing climbing beans around terracotta pots / Cultiver les haricots grimpants autour des pots en terrcuite
We’ve decided to use the terracotta pot watering system which Kate at Hills and Plains Seedsavers recommended and which we used successfully for haricot beans last year. We’re getting plenty of rain at the moment but we know that in a few weeks’ time it may be very difficult to get enough water into the ground. This method seems to work really well as the water seeps gradually into the earth through the terracotta.
Nous avons decidé de utiliser le système d’arrosage des pots en terrecuite que Kate à Hills and Plains Seedsavers a conseillé et que nous avons utilisé pour les haricots verts l’année dernière.
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We made two rows of five pots, each surrounded by a ‘wigwam’ of six canes. We’ll cover the pots with old tiles to prevent evaporation.
On a fait deux lignes de cinq pots, avec un ‘wigwam’ de six cannes autour de chacun. On couvrira les pots avec des vieux carreaux pour éviter l’évaporation.
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We sowed one row of Smeraldo, a green mangetout variety and one row of Borlotti beans / on a semé une ligne de Smeraldo, une variété vert mangetout, et une ligne de Borlotti.
The climbing rose is looking very pretty now.
La rose grimpante est très jolie maintenant.
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