I have recently bought the Square Foot Gardening book and prepared a 3 foot x 6 foot bed. The planting spacings are very much closer in SFG, justified in the book by the fact that the growing medium is very enriched and the fact that traditional spacings are based on agriculture and having to get in to weed- which you can do in SFG without stepping on the soil. I am keeping an open mind and seeing what results I get, but what I'm having trouble with is the recommended spacings for Runner Beans- in each sqaure foot, you are advised to plant 8 beans- which means the 3 foot x 1 foot space I have allocated at the end of the bed should have 24 runner bean plants!! Surely this is way too many...?! Has anyone tried Runners in SFG?