Runner Beans, v. Rhondda Black

Dig a trench during Winter and fill with kitchen peelings, tea bags, egg shells etc (no meat); scrunch sheets of newspaper together into a ball and throw into the bottom of the trench – this will help keep moisture in the trench. When the trench is full return the soil taken out at the start, let it settle for a week before planting the Runner Bean plants against the bamboo canes.