Spent the morning at the allotment on Saturday and tidied up the collapsing bean wigwams/structures.
I collected all of the withered beans first and filled a huge carrier bag with these.

I have now tidied up all the canes for the winter and since the roots are rich in nitrogen I also left the bean plants in place to rot back into the soil.

Not much left on the allotment now – I did bring home one Kohl Rabi – there are still lots more but they are not swelling up yet – I guess it has been too dry and I have not made enough effort to water the plot recently.
my cabbages were a real disappointment – I picked a few on Saturday and they are all riddled with slugs and snails right through to the middle – I guess I should have used more slug pellets.
My Brussel Sprouts, Kale and Brocolli plants all seem to be weathering OK though.
I had an on-site feast of raspberrries – think that was the last of those though.

Another job I finally got round to was pruning the huge cherry tree. I am sure it is the wrong time of year for this but I have been too busy since getting the plot back in March.
I chopped all of the pruned branches down to managable sizes and have put them in my log-store (it will be soon time to start using the open fire at home) – and the leaves were all raked up and pushed around the base of my raspberry canes – I felt they would make a good mulch.

Anyway – once I was home I podded the withering beans and collected plenty of seeds for next year.
I only got half way through the beans that I had collected and had plenty – so I threw the rest onto my compost heap.

I now have plenty of white and black french bean seeds for next year – plenty more than I need I am sure – I’ll have to pack them up in envelopes and give them away.