I've bean there and done it

I spent a very enjoyable few hours in the garden the other day, chiefly building a wigwam for my runner beans and planting them in. My friend Kate gave me some of her plants and I transplanted some I have been growing in the conservatory. Let's hope there's no repeat of last year's early death.

A second wigwam is up alongside, ready for french beans when the time is right. Cor, the soil is very stony, a reflection that we were once a big area for quarries. No matter how much I give the ground a going over, more stones appear.

It's a bit of a bonus that it has rained since I planted the runners.