Last of last year's beans from the garden

I've just used the last of last years beans from the garden.  The beans were ridiculously prolific last year and I had to freeze huge quantities so I didn't bean-off the entire family by making them eat them daily from mid July to the end of November.

They froze really well and we ate the last ones nearly ten months after they were first picked.

The best varieties for freezing from last years garden were the dwarf Yin Yang (grown for many years now from beans originally acquired from my Mum), the Norweigan Dry variety, but best of all the french purple climbing beans - now grown from home saved seed over so many generations I no longer know what they are officially known as - but always referred to as 'prolific purple climbing french bean'

Here they are served up last summer with Nasturtiums from the garden, grilled halloumi cheese and a pile of potato gnocchi served with artichoke hearts (sadly these particular ones were canned) and my favourite cherry tomato variety - Sungold.