Well, Summer didn't last too long, but it's sunny again now and parts of the garden are a riot of colour.

Produce is really starting to get going; the sweetcorn is thrusting upwards through a sea of pumpkin and squash...

Beans are in full flow too. These are the runner beans and they are still flowering as they climb skywards... 

And these are the borlotti beans; Lingua di Fouco, or tongues of fire, with their fiery red stripes.

The runner beans are delicious right now, nice and tender and not yet stringy...

We like them simply boiled and then tossed in good olive oil and some of our freshly lifted garlic. A squeeze of lemon, some crusty bread and there's lunch.

In other news, we have just been assessed by the Kent Wildlife Trust for their Gardening for Wildlife awards, apparently we garden in a very wildlife friendly fashion - although more by chance than design. We should learn how we got on in the Autumn, we'll let you know.