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Harvest and processing 2023
We harvested the crops by hand, for speed the whole bean plants were pulled. Seed heads were cut from all the other crops to avoid contaminating the smaller seed with soil, which would be difficult to separate out. There were so few lentil pods and the weak plants were totally swamped by the weeds which…
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Growing staple crops
The soil of the first bed at Plotgate was ready for seeding towards the end of May so we planted out four 100 meter rows. Three quarters of their length was planted with borlotto bush beans, the last quarter with lentils. We also planted a few hundred beans in blocks as backup in case we…
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2022 second year of quinoa, chickpea and lentil trials
Despite a total failure in our small trial beds in 2021 we decided to have another go at growing quinoa and lentils in 2022. For 2021 we tried repeated sowings over the April and May planting season but there was very little sign of growth. Not sure if that was due to something eating the…