We will eat the smaller, tender beans this evening and I cut up the larger, tougher beans for the goats

And still the winds rage

Tell it like it is and don’t blind me with “the science”. Yeah, right! Get a grip – mandatory masks, mandatory social distancing, shut pubs and bars indefinitely and curb all foreign travel. However nobody, it seems, knows what to do. Despair rules once again. Happy Halloween.

Bought by my niece last Friday and opening to reveal more and more colour

It’s muddy and damp outside but unseasonably mild. We have enough leeks and root vegetables to make endless soups and stews until the spring.

There was a last butternut squash waiting to be picked and turned into soup

Salad leaves and a few tomatoes from the poly tunnel will remind us of sunny days

A leek bake is ready to go into the oven later