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displaced. We are glad to say our dead count is at 6, though 1 under my beans, and another where I couldn't get to it (also cemented in to prevent more attempts to lodge under the garage) are enough for me. Rats have never had it so good as around the Sutton

into helping dig them up, then covered as much as poss with black plastic over the winter, planted spuds through the plastic in spring. Sowed broad beans in a small patch last October and reaped the benefits in May.Needless to say it is now payback time

second year of crop rotation and in one particular bed I had garlic last year and this year I'm doing broad beans and sweetcorn but I wondered what category sweetcorn came under so I can start planning for next year (ok, maybe not actually 'planning

to try beer trap now. I feel I have grown and nurtured my climbing bean seedlings purely for the rabbits. I planted them out and overnight, to my dismay every leaf has been eaten. Do I just take up knitting? I have just made a shade garden with the usual

it and I have made a pond, planted lots of new plants and also tried my hand at veg. I have grown runner beans, tomatoes, strawberries and red cabbage, herbs and lots of packets of annual seeds have filled my garden with flowers and colour and given me much

the base to loosen the soil for good drainage,which is a must. I was late and it wasn,t till July before I planted brussel sprouts,sutton broad beans,minicole cabbages,purple sprouting brocole,carrots and tomatoes. I can tell you I was amazed

going to start cleaning it out! Nor am I likely to potter about outside - the leeks & chard will have to survive, or not, & the broad beans sown in the autumn are either surviving or not. Such is life! This year I will be making the attempt to grow

the pests would be MOST WELCOME. The only things that eat my runner beans are deer. If you don't have deer perhaps you could try these and if you do have deer some wire netting protection until the shoots are above "deer height" does the trick My husband

if you do squash one - the smell is very unpleasant.Do they have any natural predators? I lived in NZ for some years and the Shieldbugs - also known as Stinkbugs - there are an absolute menace to many plants, particularly Runner Beans. They attack

is rather easy to grow but a bit more unusual then tomatoes and lettuce i feel like going wild xx my dwarf french beans are 6 inche now in my make shift green house i made from a family members fish tank and some insulation i got off my brother in law