Allotment gardening

My uncle Jack is in London and wants to come and have a look at my plot. He is a very experienced gardener who grows all his own fruit and veg in his garden on Merseyside. Funnily enough I am nervous as I lead him and the rest of my family to have a look at my bit of land. I'm sure he's going to see my peas, beans and onions and burst out laughing. But amazingly he doesn't. He thinks the beans look good and actually says my onions are doing better than his. Wow - I've despaired of my onions thinking they weren't growing but Jack has given them the thumbs up. He also comes to the rescue on the pea netting front. He reveals that you are not supposed to lie it over the top of the plants but rather thread it through some 4ft canes and push them into the ground next to the plants so they have something to grow up. We put one little fence of pea netting up and I will have to go and buy some more canes so I can do the same for the other plants. It does stagger me that none of my books made it clear that that is how you use pea netting. I am very grateful that my uncle has shown me how to do it - and also pleased that he was impressed with my first few crops.