Up till now, I have had my Runner Bean plants growing in pots. This way it is easier to protect them from weather and animals until such time as they are strong enough to fend for themselves. Now I have planted them out into one of my raised beds - the one in which I erected those 9-foot Hazel beanpoles.
The beans had certainly developed some good roots already! I had to gently tease them apart for planting singly.