Runner Bean Plothttps://runnerbeanplot.com/Seed saving on a Walthamstow allotment: runner beans and heirlooms, crossing and isolation, drying pods in a wet autumn, and a seed-swap table at the gate.enThe swap table at the gate: envelopes, labels and germination testshttps://runnerbeanplot.com/journal/the-seed-swap-table-at-the-gate/https://runnerbeanplot.com/journal/the-seed-swap-table-at-the-gate/How a trestle table by the allotment gate became a February seed swap: what we ask people to bring, how envelopes are labelled, and testing germination first.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMTLeaving the pods to hang: drying runner beans in a wet autumnhttps://runnerbeanplot.com/journal/drying-pods-in-a-wet-autumn/https://runnerbeanplot.com/journal/drying-pods-in-a-wet-autumn/When to leave runner bean pods on the plant, when to pull the vines into the shed, how I test that seed is dry, and how it is stored away from damp and weevils.Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMTHeirlooms through the gate: peas, French beans, tomatoes, lettucehttps://runnerbeanplot.com/journal/heirlooms-through-the-gate/https://runnerbeanplot.com/journal/heirlooms-through-the-gate/The easier crops for seed saving: how far apart I keep varieties, how many plants I save from, how tomato seed is cleaned, and the crops I leave alone.Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMTRunner beans and the bees: why keeping a variety true is hardhttps://runnerbeanplot.com/journal/runner-beans-and-the-bees/https://runnerbeanplot.com/journal/runner-beans-and-the-bees/Runner beans cross readily because bumblebees do the work. What that means on a crowded allotment, the distances nobody has, and what I do instead.Sun, 24 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT