08-07-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com

Beans in tatters? Help is at hand

It’s not too late to plant some varieties of dwarf or climbing beans, which you will be able to pick into the autumnAre your beans in tatters, failing to wind their way up a pole, looking sad from battling with too many pests? Mine were doing fine, and then some early June rain brought out the slugs, and that was that.However, it is not too late to start all over again. You will not get rows of climbing beans, mind, the season is too short for that, but dwarf beans will germinate quickly t
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