Beans
The Milky Way I was up the garden today, planting runner beans as I have done for many years. I grew the bean plants from seed in little pots in our front bedroom and then hardened them off outside for two or three days. It is possible to experience frosts in South Yorkshire right up to the end of May and baby runner bean plants are very tender so it's best to wait until this particular time until you plant them outside. After six weeks of dry and mainly sunny weather, today has been quite rainy and I had to dodge the showers to do my business with the beans. First I erected a wigwam of ten long bamboo canes on ground that I had previously dug over with well-rotted manure before sprinkling a couple of handfuls of chicken pellets on top. I used a couple of long plastic ties to secure the canes, standing on a little step ladder to reach the topmost point. The presence of rain in the air meant that I did not need to water the beans in. God was doing it for me - unless...