French Beans

Quote from: leeks r us on February 21, 2012, 20:25

Why not try a dwarf variety of french bean this will allow you to use all the space in your bed.

I always grow "Boston" dwarf french beans and find them heavy croppers if you remember to continually pick them.

"Boston" dwarf french beans

where can I get the seeds please? searched ebay but no avail

thanks ' thespartcat' i think you've just saved my bacon, hahaha, see i do know something :happy:

heh heh, no worries. I can see how a person would run into trouble on the watering front if they hadn't made the preparation beforehand though. I just experimented on doing it that way as a variation on the Three Sisters Method without the corn.
I think if you make your underground pile of compostable 'stuff' a bit wider than your wigwam, then it must absorb the rainfall and take it in to the squash roots a bit like a wick... because i really was quite lax about getting up there to water last year.

I used an embedded 2litre bottle to channel the water down to the underground 'pile' on one mound, and on the other, i just had a channel around the mound to catch the water from the hose to stop it from running off... a bit like a moat
And there's the added bonus of using fresher manure when its too 'rich' for other crops- i can dig it in this year and it'll be nice and well rotted