Haricots Nains

Not content simply to intersperse my new dwarf string beans in and around the lettuces, I’ve dug another bed.

This is a small square one and will be getting afternoon shade from the tomatoes. It’s ideal, in other words, for taking up the lettuce slack so I can plant some more beans. The ones harvested very early by the French and wonderfully tasty in salade niçoise. Or on their own.

Digging in this heat is sort of nuts but at least it went quickly.

After working the bike race yesterday morning followed by Italy-Germany, it made for an interesting day.

The World Cup’s nearly over. It always takes a few days to recover from the intensity of the immersion…