Kate my Dad did this on his garden as the soil was not very good,he grew some good veg every year,Kate I thought that your plot was only for 6 months as they were going to build on it.
The problem I find with kitchen waste in a bean trench is that it tends to attract unwanted guests, Rats! and once you have them its difficult no in fact impossible to get rid of them. Just recently I have had to shift to another allotment because of the way my then neighbor was feeding the rats rather than his chickens. They bred to a degree where my tunnel 10 x 15ft was raided and beetroot tomatoes and other crops spoiled by the rats in question. The first time in 7 years. So no kitchen waste to the allotment for me. Shame about your waiting list there seem to be plenty of spare patches in my local Town.
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Isn't this standard practice for runner beans?
Steve 309 - yep, traditionally standard for runner beans although I don't know many people who practice it now (apart from my dad!)
...and me. And my best friends. And our other friend who runs a garden for.... It's alive and well in SW Lancs!