Growing climbing beans (video)
Climbing beans are easy to grow from seed - get the know how, in this Gardeners' World TV clip.
April is the ideal time to sow climbing French beans indoors, as they'll be ready to plant out after the last frost, so check out Monty Don's video guide, in which he sows the variety 'Blauhilde'. He also demonstrates how to build a rustic wigwam from hazel rods for the beans to climb up once outside.
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