27 May 2008

Runner beans


A raised these runner beans from seed at home, checking them every day. As a result, they are the freshest, greenest, healthiest plants on our plot. Today, they went in, but not before we had (again) had help from Bowler D. He hammered in a vertical iron bar at each end, then used one of the old bean poles we found on our plot to create a connecting horizontal support. He then told us how to construct the remainder of the structure to make it strong enough to cope with the wind. He said he'd come back to inspect. And he did. And we passed. But it took us about an hour ...