BEANSCLIFF

A strange, new formation has appeared in my vegetable patch - probably set off by the earthquake in Japan (that our son Alex was in !). I have a 'cliff' face from which cascades a beanfall. Up and up climbed the beans - but not as high as Andrew's - on the new, sturdy (since it blew down last year) frame and then they all tumbled over in a beautiful arch from which now hangs a screen of beans, as if pouring down a waterfall. You can stand comfortably under it and there it is cool and shady (but impossible to photograph !) and reminds me of NZ where everything is cool and shady and green and dripping .