
Runner Beans
July 8th, 2014The recent rains are just what the runner bean plants wanted to keep them growing fast and productive. Not only do they give bumper crops throughout the summer but even without the beans, they would be worth growing just for their prolific, showy flowers. As the beans grow, it`s a good idea to harvest the beans […]

Seed damage by rats or mice
May 9th, 2014Where there is a food source, in this case, newly sown runner bean seeds, rats and mice can in one night decimate them as they hunt out and then dig them up. The photo shows the germinating beans, at our nursery, which have been dug up Those not eaten, have been collected together in a heap […]