Today’s pick of my Blauhilde purple french beans and Painted Lady runner beans, which I’ll prepare for freezing.

I’ll keep some to go with our Christmas dinner. Grown in my 3 metre trough in a mix of garden soil and my home made compost sprinkled with “fish blood and bone” powder which came in a card box.

I picked the last of our cherry tomatoes today which I will also freeze and use on soups and sauces. We had a good crop this year.