2020 - Tell us what you did today

Dismantled the French beans and their sticks saving all the seed I could.  It's probably no good for seed swapping because so many different varieties grown together will have crossed but I plan to dry them off for storing and cooking for the very first time.  Don't use dried beans often,  but now's the time to start.  I blame V for all this seed saving enthusiasm......now where shall I put them all?

French bean seeds should be fine as they generally self fertilise which is lucky for me as I had robber bees visiting mine which just bite a hole at the base to get to the nectar and don't bother with pollinating them. So, even if you don't swap them you can save enough for sowing next year.

That's good to know Mark, thanks.  I thought I'd read exactly that somewhere, but this morning browsing the web, I found someone else extolling the virtues of beans and saving seeds telling me that beans always cross pollinate so you have to protect and isolate the varieties.   I believe it was American.   I'm not bothered either way, I shall see how many I've got and see whether I can offer some for swapping if anyone is interested, with the proviso that they may not be exactly what you wish for.