BEANS

This years beans were grown in the big round tubs, but I'm putting them in the long rectangular tubs and up arches next year -the round tubs may end up with parsnips and sweet potatoes in.... hmm guess I'm thinking out loud here.

As you can see I got a bit confused and gave some of my bush beans a big tub and canes to climb -oops -they will get a shorter tub this time!!

Beans to grow this time:-

1. Kentucky Wonder -In German a yellow pole bean -which I think we call a french bean -or similar
2. Blue bean -as above
3. Double white -bush bean
4. teepee cropper -bush bean
5. Rotblunde -what I call a good old kidney bean
6. borlotti
7. Pea bean - climbing french bean -a new one for me. It can be eaten whole when young or left on the plant and podded..so I'm thinking of trying to dry this for the winter months

I'm almost certain I will get lured by more beans before the season starts...

Again, these will all be started off in toilet roll tubes -good job I have a couple of carrier bags of them all ready, and a lovely MSE member has suggested making pots from newspaper -so That will be another mission... why buy peat pots when we can recycle what we have !!!