The runner bean has flowers! This is exciting. Really. If only the other five had come up...
More good news: the neighbours hate the hedge too. Actually it's mainly because Jim has serious problems with his neck (degenerating discs) and can't trim it at its present height. But the upshot is, he's getting his brother (I think) to come and take it right down to a manageable height. Having recently risked life and limb struggling with the electric trimmer at the top of a ladder, I'm thrilled. (I did get one of those cut-off plug thingies, by the way.) I said I didn't mind how low it goes, so long as it's Bertie-proof. "Unless you'd like Bertie to visit?" Bertie's been enamoured of them since they had a barbecue last year and a guest fed him sausages through the gap in the hedge. But no, they're not that keen on having him drop by, so it'll be 4ft high or so.
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