[LILLILEAF]

Hi every one
Yesterday we had our first harvest of runner beans,they were soooo nice,now i know why we grow our own veg,its worth every bit of digging weeding and all the other jobs on the veg patch,and there is plenty more to come.Lillileaf

[madcat]

Our first ones for dinner tonight too!  They are lovely aren't they?  First parsnip too.   We left thinning a bit late so they are carrot size and well worth cooking a few.

[ARPoet]

You have just beaten me... i will picking my first for Sunday Dinner. Lost quite a few plants in the June rain and had to re-sow.

[snowdrops]

Well I had my first boiling tonight, except I was given them by another potholder so she got a punnet of cherries in return😊

[oldgrunge]

My runners not doing so well this year, lot of flowers not producing any beans.

[LILLILEAF]

This will be my third lot seeds planted,the first 2 lots got distroyed by the wind and rain,so i am lucky to get any at all,glad i tried again .

[RJR_38]

My runners not doing so well this year, lot of flowers not producing any beans.

Same! First year I have ever had a problem - it was the late start to summer that did it I think

[lettice]

We had our first handful of Painted Lady runner beans last week, but picked a load today for Sunday Lunch.
They were just delicious.
Great think about runner beans, is they crop so well year after year with no problems, look so great and colourful in the plot and are so easy to hoe between the rows. Probably the number one perfect gardeners cropper.

[LILLILEAF]

I picked some more runner beans today,they are growing very well,its the first time in my life i have ever grown them,brings back great child hood memories of collecting them with my mom and sister,sadly my sister is no longer with us,i still think of her every time i am picking the veg and what fun we had as kids :lol:Lillileaf

[Tracybutton]

First little handful today . I'm sure that this time last year I couldn't give them away fast enough !

[JayG]

Slow growth in cold June, fast growth in warm July, the usual wait for the bees to either find them or work out how to trip the flowers and pollinate them (never sure which it is.)

Probably start picking sometime next week - funny how whatever mixture the weather comes up with it I rarely get to start harvesting before early August here.

[RJR_38]

First little handful today . I'm sure that this time last year I couldn't give them away fast enough !

I know I was definitely swamped by them as I have photo evidence!

[Tracybutton]

First little handful today . I'm sure that this time last year I couldn't give them away fast enough !

I know I was definitely swamped by them as I have photo evidence!

There was such a glut last year that I'd planned to try and make runner bean wine with them this season.....but thinking about bean wine, it is probably a good thing I haven't got as many to do it 

[RJR_38]

First little handful today . I'm sure that this time last year I couldn't give them away fast enough !

I know I was definitely swamped by them as I have photo evidence!

There was such a glut last year that I'd planned to try and make runner bean wine with them this season.....but thinking about bean wine, it is probably a good thing I haven't got as many to do it 

A but like my current courgette situation!

[AnneB]

We had our first handful of Painted Lady runner beans last week, but picked a load today for Sunday Lunch.
They were just delicious.
Great think about runner beans, is they crop so well year after year with no problems, look so great and colourful in the plot and are so easy to hoe between the rows. Probably the number one perfect gardeners cropper.

I harvested my first Painted Lady on Friday and they were lovely.  Thanks for putting them in the Pass the Parcel, Lettice.    They are so pretty too.