Bimmy's Runner beans
Phaseolus coccineus

I missed one bean in the harvest! Found it today and it’s huge. So I think I’ll leave it on there to harvest for seed.

My beans have been looking beautiful for a couple of weeks now… but the pretty flowers are not eventuating to anything!

I was talking to one of my friends about it, and she said that she normally hand pollinates plants in London because of the lack of bees. I’ve never even really thought about it before – the bees have just always been there. I find it rather sad that people have created an environment so unfriendly to the most useful and productive insect!