Too early for French Beans?

[zazen999]

i put my windowsill beans out in the day and in again at night, and yesterday with the wind nearly killed them off. About 1/4 of the leaves are shrivelled and paper thin.

As these are now producing, and the borlottis are now starting to turn speckled, I don't want to kill them just yet!!! So, they are now at the back door sheltered, rather than outside the back door in the sun, where the wind can get them.

[bluemoon]

We direct sow ours in early June... though we are a tad further North than you! They grow so fast that we're usually picking beans in Mid-July though. Starting them in the greenhouse would give me a slightly earlier crop, but not by much so I can't be bothered with the hassle.