French Beans

This year I grew three varieties of french beans: dwarf greens, climbing purples and dwarf yellows. Here you see one picking - they are abundant croppers!

New Toy

I'd always promised myself that if I ever had a big enough kitchen, I'd get a Kenwood Food Processor. Last week I looked on ebay and sure enough, there was one for sale which had been an unwanted present. I put in a bid and won it. Today I carefully unpacked it, washed all the accessories and then used my new toy to make this gluten-free sponge cake. What with the speed of the food processor and the speed of the fan-assisted oven, it only took half an hour!

Last week I harvested the wonderful crop of blackcurrants from the allotment and made blackcurrant jam, which is very yummy! As you can see, I used it in the cake. I'm thoroughly enjoying my new kitchen.

Hedgehog

Haven't updated in a while due to having been pretty busy with the house move, but this very welcome garden visitor had me reaching for the camera. He's wandering around the garden today apparently unaware that he's supposed to be a nocturnal animal.