Dear Donedigging, i think old codger is quite used to me taking a bigger portion of the limelight.
As for my beans, the ones i set out very eary are starting to flower nicely now.
As for the slug eaten ones, i let the slugs clear them just to make old codger feel better.
Hope you are feeing a whole lot better, but still taking it easy.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.