It has been drizzling all morning today, however we have still managed a 2 hour trip to the favourite local park, complete with picnic and a meet up of friend there! The kids have also made a start on the three tea towels I am getting them to decorate as part of the grandparents presents this Christmas!
This weekend it was lovely weather though.(or I thought so anyway) It was sunny but with lots of clouds every so often too! And this meant that although we have had loads of runner beans already and here is a picture of the diva with ANOTHER bowl full! We have 12 plants all in the one raised bed that I made earlier in the year and despite the fact that they are now at a horrendous angle due to the strong winds we had a week ago they are still producing masses of beans. The kids all love them, the younger two still believe my story that they are called runner beans because they make you run faster and so always try to have more runner beans on their plates than each other....how long will they keep up like this???
The eldest knows that is not why they are runner beans but still likes to join in the bid for the last runner bean!
We have had them on our plates 5 out of every 7 days this holiday! I have even frozen a few having blanched then in hot water first.
I think runner beans will be on the list of veg that we grow next year too! You can never have too much of a good thing....and if you can you can always freeze the excess.
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