What have done towards your prep?

[Mortblanc]

Yep, you would call them runner beans probably.

In the days of my childhood we would plant the beans in a double row, when they sprouted and started sending out runners we would build tripods made from slender poles with a leg near each plant and the beans would climb the poles. We would also make lattice work from string and the plants would work along the strings between the tripods. The clusters of pods would form up high where they were easy to pick.

Back then the favored variety was called the Kentucky Wonder. It is still available as a heritage strain. I still remember my grandfather waking through the veggie garden telling me the names of the varieties planted here and there. He kept a full acre under cultivation and fed the clan well, but we had to pick and process our own.

We would plant squash between the bean plants and the squash would cover the ground and eliminate weeds.

We could get a ground crop and a vertical crop from the same space. I have found that method real nice when space is limited.