September; the month when home-grown stuff seems to be sitting on every table, filling every basket, or awaiting some preserving process. It's 'Harvest Festival' on a personal scale.
Of course, a lot of it will be eaten at once.
We still haven't broached any of our Winter 'greens'. There are plenty at Haddock's, and I suspect it won't be long.
We're still ploughing our way through all the traditional Summer stuff.
Aubergines are now growing in profusion, and we're not depriving ourselves. Much the same as with our Tomatoes and Peppers.
Still no rain, nor any on the horizon. I must go and turn-on the sprinkler.
Those figs look divine. Yum.
ReplyDeleteI fried them on the cut side, then served them with some honey, and a dollop of thick cream. Yum indeed.
DeleteSo very satisfying to eat your own produce.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is.
DeleteYou wouldn't want to eat mine.
DeleteWhat; those flowers you grow on your windowsill?
DeleteIt has been a very disappointing crop. That's what comes from buying 'compost' from the Pound Shop.
DeleteYou are so lucky to have figs, here they only grow wild on the near by hills .
ReplyDeleteCan't you just go and pull-up a small root, and plant it in your garden? They never fail to give lots of fruit.
DeleteSuch bounty - the peaches look delicious. I actually have plenty of aubergines for the first time eve I have never grown them successfully before. Do you grow chillies? My freezer is full now, guess it's down to bottling next.
ReplyDeleteOops I've just looked at the picture again and they're apples - must go to Specsavers!!!
DeleteI do grow Chillies (see top picture), and am drying the first lot. I will freeze another lot later. Aubergines do very well here, they always give a big crop.
DeleteLovely figs. No figs for us this year as we think the tree needs to be severely trimmed because it is putting on too much growth and enough fruit.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of a Fig tree not having Figs. The two things I can guarantee every year are Quinces and Figs.
DeleteSo much to do ..... so little time !!!!
ReplyDeleteA wondrous bounty of produce Cro ...... have you made and bottled your ratatouille yet ?!!! XXXX
Amazingly, NO. I'm still waiting for my glut of Tomatoes which is still about a week away. It'll happen.
DeleteIt has poured with rain all day here today - much needed I might add. Love the look of those figs.
ReplyDeleteStill no rain on the horizon here; they're now saying it's been the driest Summer since 1950.
DeleteReeshard has fig trees that hang over into the lane. I knock my head on those stupid figs every time I cycle past.
ReplyDeleteI hope you take a few home with you as well. With it having been so dry they're perfect.
DeleteBeautiful stuff. It's a great time of year for home-grown food. We badly need rain here too, and none in the forecast. So we're irrigating, which is something we don't usually have to do this time of year.
ReplyDeleteMy 10 day forecast shows no rain. Traditionally we've always had a big storm mid-August, but for several years nothing. It's becoming serious.
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