Photo showing a vegetable garden in the spring, planted with rows of runner bean plants. These runner beans are a leguminous vegetable and are pictured here twining their way around up wigwam structures made from dried bamboo canes. They are just starting to flower and will soon be a mass of leaves, and covered in bean pods ready to harvest. The black weed blanket membrane helps to both prevent weeds growing in the plot and retain moisture. Further crops can be seen next to the runner beans, such as onions and gladioli (grown for cut flowers)
