Today we harvested tomatoes, broad bean pods and strawberries from the garden; and were amazed by the aubergine, chilli, grapes and pumpkin which are developing so well.
We were out walking this afternoon and saw all the blackberries. We managed to get a few which hadn't already been collected; but most were far top high to reach without a stepladder. That's for another day. We went to see a plum tree we know fruited last year and found three plums; and then went to check out the greengage tree which gave us enough to provide our five a day for a week.
On the way home Rachel searched for conkers and found a few which were ready and quite a few pale ones losing on the ground - victims of early opening I guess.
At home we surveyed our foraging and harvesting spoils. Fruit, vegetable and decorations fit for any stone age queen and her princess. Perfect.
5 comments:
looks like soo much fun! I wish I could have a garden and I love discovering edible plants that and harvesting some to use and eat. In Washington we had chestnut trees growing along the sidewalks in town so we could just gather a ton on the ground into the basket of the stroller once they started to fall. It was a great game for the little one and fun to experiment with roasting and eating :)
That's so cool; there's something gorgeous about the smell of roasting chestnuts.
We went out looking for blackberries yesterday and managed to find a few. Next I'm on the lookout for sloes so that I can make gin for christmas. Chestnuts are one of my favourite though - I quite like them crushes and stir fried with green veg.
Beautiful pictures. Nature is amazing.
its great to use foraged food, my home grown food has been a disaster this year
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