God I love growing our own

[enrico]

I prefer french beans so we stopped growing runners.

 

[pargyle]

I prefer french beans so we stopped growing runners.

I like french beans too - but 'er indoors prefers runners so I grow both - usually Cobra - five or six plants on a wigwam will feed an army ! They are climbers and seem to do much better for me than dwarf ones .. They freeze really well as well. I think the key to growing good beans is lots of compost in the soil ... and big crops are encouraged by regular picking,