Put up a couple of wig-wams on the allotment using some bamboo canes my father cut down in his garden. Planted two varieties of runner bean: Enorma and Scarlet Emperor. Hope the slugs don't get them. We have spares coming on in pots just in case.
 A wig-wam full of runner beans in full flower is a great sight in summer. Apparently they were introduced in Tudor times (from the Americas) as an ornamental plant. Later people noticed that the pods and beans were tasty.