Dwarf Beans

I had a think about the courgette space yesterday and instead of sowing a new courgette I decided to use the space for  some dwarf beans. I did a seed swap earlier this year with a work colleague and got some dwarf beans among other seeds.

I have three varieties: Borlotto di Vigevano, Meraviglia di Venezia, and purple king.
I wasn't sure how to plant them as I forgot to write this down on the envelope so I called dad. He said there's two schools in France for planting French dwarf beans: either you plant a seed every 2 cm, and space them in rows of 45cm, or you sow 5-6 seeds together, every 20-22cm, spaced in rows again of 45cm. My dad tried both and prefers the second technique. So because he's been growing vegetables since before I was born, and that was in the late 70s, then I trust his expertise and used technique number 2.

He also advised me to do the same as for potatoes, ie dwarf beans need earthing up when they reach 10cm in height. But they only need earthing up once. That's so the plant develop a better root system.

I also checked the tomato plant and they are doing fine. I also removed a few dock leaves as, now that it rained a few times, they are coming out again...