Comments on: Growing Borlotti Beans http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans Food - Photography & More Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:54:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2026 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:13:11 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2026 Hank, I will do a later sowing direct in the ground when the soil warms up but early ones are always sown under cover. It's a bit of a lottery to be honest, if the weather is good early on then you're on to a winner, if not....! I've got my fingers crossed but looking at the weather outside it's going to take more than luck! Miles Hank,
I will do a later sowing direct in the ground when the soil warms up but early ones are always sown under cover. It’s a bit of a lottery to be honest, if the weather is good early on then you’re on to a winner, if not….!
I’ve got my fingers crossed but looking at the weather outside it’s going to take more than luck!
Miles

]]> by: Hank http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2019 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:09:05 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2019 Borlottis already?! Wow. I don't even think about putting them out here in California until April 15 - the weather needs to warm up. But then again, your weather never really warms up, does it? 90 is scorching for you, yes? Here, my borlottis grow an inch a day when the weather gets above 100 in late June and early July. And August...sigh....maybe not ever getting too hot is a good thing. Borlottis already?! Wow. I don’t even think about putting them out here in California until April 15 - the weather needs to warm up.

But then again, your weather never really warms up, does it? 90 is scorching for you, yes?

Here, my borlottis grow an inch a day when the weather gets above 100 in late June and early July. And August…sigh….maybe not ever getting too hot is a good thing.

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2018 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:04:02 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2018 Cid, Can't say that I know about it to be honest. I once went on a chefs trip to the Callebaut/Barry chocolate factory in Paris which was fascinating. Miles Cid,
Can’t say that I know about it to be honest. I once went on a chefs trip to the Callebaut/Barry chocolate factory in Paris which was fascinating.
Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2015 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:09:31 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2015 Miles, Have you been watching the saga of the chocolate maker on tv? I am filled with a mixture of delight and horror every time... next week I understand he manages to drop the expensive grinding machine essential to the finished product. Trying to get any business idea off the ground always seems hellish to me and this one particularly. The product itself is 100% cacao grown on his farm in Venezuela, that can be grated into all kinds of recipes both sweet and savoury... what looked interesting to me was watching it melt so easily. We shall have to see if he makes it in the end. Cid Miles,

Have you been watching the saga of the chocolate maker on tv? I am filled with a mixture of delight and horror every time… next week I understand he manages to drop the expensive grinding machine essential to the finished product. Trying to get any business idea off the ground always seems hellish to me and this one particularly. The product itself is 100% cacao grown on his farm in Venezuela, that can be grated into all kinds of recipes both sweet and savoury… what looked interesting to me was watching it melt so easily. We shall have to see if he makes it in the end.

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2013 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:59:45 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2013 Cid, Not sure a mugshot of me would increase magazine sales, as for Waitrose, well I hope to have a glut of chillies towards the end of the year so who knows? I quite like the idea of a courtyard, they can be quite chic if done properly. Miles Cid,
Not sure a mugshot of me would increase magazine sales, as for Waitrose, well I hope to have a glut of chillies towards the end of the year so who knows?
I quite like the idea of a courtyard, they can be quite chic if done properly.
Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2012 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:43:27 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/growing-borlotti-beans#comment-2012 Miles, I hear the Gourmet Weekly is looking for possible 'page three' material... perhaps a photo of you shelling these gorgeous beans in your designer sunhouse would be just the thing? :) Nipped into Waitrose and found a whole counter dedicated to Lincolnshire honey produced by local people... now that must must feel good for the man in question. What about a MC range of food sold through them... what would you choose? Item number three.... did anyone see the gardening show this week featuring courtyards? Apparently they're all the rage.... now what have I been telling people :) Perhaps that's what we should sell, a bagged up yard concept with a packet of borlotti beans... Cid Miles,

I hear the Gourmet Weekly is looking for possible ‘page three’ material… perhaps a photo of you shelling these gorgeous beans in your designer sunhouse would be just the thing? :)

Nipped into Waitrose and found a whole counter dedicated to Lincolnshire honey produced by local people… now that must must feel good for the man in question. What about a MC range of food sold through them… what would you choose?

Item number three…. did anyone see the gardening show this week featuring courtyards? Apparently they’re all the rage…. now what have I been telling people :) Perhaps that’s what we should sell, a bagged up yard concept with a packet of borlotti beans…

Cid

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