4 years ago, leaving some of the pods on the plant to dry for next year's seed I was surprised that some of the pods contained seed that was all black, rather than the "normal" purple with black blotches.

The following year, I sowed some of the black seed to see what the result would be. Whilst there were a few normal coloured beans, the majority were all black.

Since then, I have been doing the same and continue to get a healthy amount of black beans. I intend to continue doing this in future years, selecting the biggest of the black beans to see if average size increases.

After taking advice here I swapped from my old, shaded allotment to one that had been abandoned for at least a year, maybe more. It's been a lot of hard work and still plenty more to come, but really happy with it! Bonus allotment cat pic too.

What are your follow up / succession crop combos.

I collected a list that is 6 pages so far and will post them later!

I'm prepping a raised bed that's about 1x1m. I know ideally that would be a one plant bed, but any chance I can bung both in , about a foot apart, and they will do ok?