Jim secures another top prize for his famous greens

That takes his total to 26 golds for the west of Fife and 15 times for the whole of Fife for his top crop.

Jim laughed: "I don't think anyone can have beaten my 26-year record when you have been gardening for as long as me!"

The 90-year-old beat competitors with his famous veggies that include onions, leeks, sweet peas, carrots, beetroot, cabbages – and a selection of flowers too.

The Dalgety Bay resident said he owes his success to "a lot of hard work".

He said: "I am in the gardens most days unless it is raining!"

Jim – a retired civil servant – served with the 2nd Battalion The Cameron Highlanders in Italy during World War Two.

He has always had a love of gardening, inherited from his grandfather and father, but since retirement, has had more time to devote to it.

On September 3 he also won first prize in the Dalgety Bay Horticultural Society Annual Show for his onions, leeks, and sweet pea flowers.

Other West Fife results in the Beautiful Fife Gardens awards include:

Flower (Formal): Area 2 – Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Hill of Beath & Crossgates. Silver – Ann Somerville, Cowdenbeath. Area 4 – Dunfermline. Silver Gilt – James O'Rourke, Dunfermline. Area 5 – West Fife Villages & Kincardine. Silver Gilt – Phil McIntyre, Kincardine. Flower (landscaped): Area 2 – Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Hill of Beath & Crossgates. Silver Gilt – Donald Meiklem, Kelty. Area 3 – Dalgety Bay, Aberdour, Inverkeithing, Hillend & North Queensferry. Silver – Moira Marshall, Inverkeithing. Area 4 – Dunfermline. Silver Gilt – Eddy Thomson, Dunfermline. Mixed (Flower/Vegetable/Container): Area 3 – Dalgety Bay, Aberdour, Inverkeithing, Hillend & North Queensferry. Silver Gilt – Margaret Pearson, Dalgety Bay. Area 4 – Dunfermline. Silver Gilt – Elaine Macleod, Dunfermline. Vegetable: Area 2 – Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Hill of Beath & Crossgates. Bronze – Kelty Haven, Kelty allotments, Peter Sinclair & David Johnstone, on behalf of West Fife Outreach Team Occupational Therapy. Area 3 – Dalgety Bay, Aberdour, Inverkeithing, Hillend & North Queensferry. Gold – Jim Thomson, Dalgety Bay. Area 4 – Dunfermline. Silver – Robert Todd, Townhill allotments, Dunfermline. Hanging Basket/Container: Area 2 – Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Hill of Beath & Crossgates. Gold – George Henderson, Kelty. Area 3 – Dalgety Bay, Aberdour, Inverkeithing, Hillend & North Queensferry. Silver Gilt – John Kane, Inverkeithing. Area 4 – Dunfermline. Silver Gilt – Helen Cunningham, Dunfermline. Area 5 – West Fife Villages & Kincardine. Silver Gilt – Conner Kleister, Kincardine. Fife-wide winners: Vegetable – Jim Thomson, Dalgety Bay. Aberdour – Gold, Cairneyhill – Gold, Carnock – Silver, Charlestown – Silver Gilt, Crombie – Bronze, Crossgates – Gold, Dalgety Bay – Silver Gilt, Dunfermline – Silver Gilt, Halbeath – Bronze, Hillend – Bronze, Inverkeithing – Silver Gilt, Kelty – Silver, Kincardine – Silver, Kingseat – Gold, Limekilns – Silver Gilt, Low Valleyfield – Gold, Townhill – Gold, Wellwood – Silver. Discretionary Awards: Community Involvement – Low Valleyfield; Best New Entry – Carnock; Small Town – Inverkeithing.