Has beans

It's been a difficult summer for sunbathers. Courgettes have been rolling off the plants at the rate of one per week. Pumpkins are the still the size of golf balls. French beans have forgotten the auld alliance. But anything with penchant for cool damp conditions has romped away. Peas are odds on to be vegetable personality of the year again, carrots and celery so easy to grow here. But I might have slightly misjudged how many broad beans we can eat. It's a good job bean podding is a popular pastime in its own right round here.