Annabell's broad bean bed
As part of our themed weeks on mixed cultivation, we present five example beds that you can use as inspiration for your own mixed cultivation. In this spring bed, broad beans play a leading role, complemented by carrots and herbs.
In spring, enthusiastic gardeners can satisfy the itch in their fingertips and create a spring bed. The cold-tolerant broad beans, also known as broad beans, broad beans or broad beans, are ideal for this. In contrast to the related runner and bush beans, broad beans must be sown as early as possible in the year. Early sowing from the end of February or beginning of March can prevent excessive infestation with aphids. In this mixed bean bed, the broad bean 'Ratio' grows in mixed cultivation with various herbs and carrots. If you want to plant particularly early carrots, you can use the winter sowing principle of Kassiolino.
In Annabell's broad bean bed, the carrot 'Rodelika' grows next to annual savory. Savory is a great addition to the companion broad bean, as it keeps the black bean aphid away with its aromatic scents. As broad beans are planted relatively far apart, they can be perfectly combined with ground-covering herbs. For example, a row of low nasturtiums grows alongside a double row of beans. Take care not to use climbing nasturtiums, which will grow upwards with the beans. The herbs are only sown after the beans and carrots, savory and nasturtium, need a little more warmth and are only sown outdoors from April or later.
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Annabell
Annabell is studying agricultural biology at the University of Hohenheim. She also enjoys gardening in her private life, spends a lot of time in nature and loves to be creative.
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So, based on what I’ve seen so far, it doesn’t seem worth overwintering the bell peppers. I have last year’s overwintered plants in the box and the ones I sowed in the seed tray in January. The newly sown ones are already so big and sturdy, and they still have to stay indoors for another month and a half. We’ll see how that turns out 🤔
Did a bit more gardening today 🥰 Weeded and fertilized the asparagus bed, pruned back the overgrown blackberries, and trimmed and fertilized the strawberry plants. And then I watched the titmice and little bees, as always, completely smitten 😍 The violets are blooming here now, too, and the early bloomers are slowly poking their heads up 🤭
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A few more pictures of the big garden. The peach and wild mirabelle trees are in bloom. The first broccoli sprouts and chives are coming up. The broad beans are looking good. I’ve covered the strawberries with perforated plastic sheeting, and the surface is already bone-dry again. I really need to weed and spread compost. The rhubarb is doing well, too. Comfrey is also sprouting.
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