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These are two typical results of R J Harris's deep-trench bed and of his work in the reclaimed Victorian walled kitchen garden at Tresillian in Cornwall, England. The runner bean shown is known as John's Best, named after Mr Harris by the United Kingdom's leading organic gardening authority. A full account of this unique horticultural happening can be read in R J Harris's Moon Gardening. A similar result should be achieved in Miss Montrose's Colorado, USA, horse holding come next harvest time as a result of her first usage of the centuries-old, soil-preparation technique. This rare runner bean will not be involved, of course. Its seeds remain with R J Harris and the UK's Henry Doubleday Research Association, and weighty legislation rightly controls the transference of seeds from one country to another. And, it must be acknowledged, the new, deep-trench-bed-influenced results in Colorado will have to compete with the already considerable quality of this Elbert County gardener's achievements in her vegetable garden -- 'considerable' not least because of the harsh climatic and growing-medium conditions with which she and all of Colorado's gardeners have to do battle.
Sweet-peas are a hallmark feature of the walled kitchen garden at Tresillian. They are an essential annual crop, prized as much for their ability to draw in the pollinators (which, in the UK, become rarer and rarer, thanks largely to current farming practices) as for ornamentation and the decoration of the many rooms of Tresillian House. The variety shown below is the Heritage mixture from England's foremost specialist sweet-pea grower and seed supplier, Peter Grayson. "It has not been tweaked in any way," says Mr Harris, " which, probably, is why it retains its orginal and almost unmatchable perfume."
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