I spent most of this morning working in the garden, digging up what was left of the vegetables and putting them on the compost. The compost heap seems to be working. I managed to get several tubs of dark brown well rotted compost out of it. It doesn't look as good as 'shop bought' compost but it should work ok. You can't tell it's made from kitchen scraps and waste animal bedding.

After adding the corn stalks, courgette plants and tomato plants onto the heap, I gave it a good mixing to get oxygen in, to get it started for next year.

There are still a few plants in the garden. The strawberries and still giving small quantities of fruit. One tomato plant is still going strong, displaying some large green tomatoes which I hope will eventually ripen. A squash plant at the end of the garden looks on its last legs though. There is one small squash on it, but I don't think there is time for it to ripen before the plant dies.