Saving Seed

The end of the mange tout and peas, signalled the beginning of my seed saving exploits for this season. I hadn't planned on saving legume seeds this year, but as I was cutting down the plants I came across numerous pods that I had missed when harvesting... they were too far gone to eat so I thought I may as well save them for future sowing.

Similarly I hadn't intended to save alium seed either, but my shallots persist in throwing up seed heads so I decided to collect them this time rather than composting them. I'm not sure even sure if it will work, but I may as well have a go at drying these out, collecting the seed and sowing next year.