We made a late afternoon visit to the garden mainly to harvest........main onion crop, red cabbages, French beans, courgettes, sweetcorn and carrots. What with the flowers for drying, it takes quite a while to sort through it all when we get home.
Anne and her dad were in the Wool Barn and we all marvelled at Tim`s cycle ride on Wednesday
(a separate post)
They were checking over an incubator as Holly has bought some fertilised eggs.
Paula, my sister arrived soon after with the home-made cakes for sale.
After checking over the pond, we were debating whether the frogs were Common frogs or Marsh frogs.
Anne`s dad thinks they are Marsh frogs because Common frogs are not usually calling at this time of the year and ours are VERY vociferous. I will try to record the sound.
I have found a superb website called UK Safari and it helps you identify any creature you may find.
I used it to find this....
it is a Sycamore moth caterpillar.
Steve harvested our main crop of onions. We are very pleased with it.
In the meantime I decided we had better pick the pears.
Quite a few have disappeared and this is what has been happening....
WASPS!!!
I gathered the remaining ones which are not quite ripe. I may preserve them but not sure how yet.
They are the first ones we`ve had from this tree.
Paula and I picked tomatoes and cucumbers, trimmed more mildewed leaves, watered, and fed them all.
We are trying elderberry wine this year.
Look out all those family members and friends who get a plot box for Christmas.
Tim and William have been harvesting today. On the way home we stopped to see their progress round the field. The farm is in the background.
There were two huge red cabbages weighing a whopping ten pounds.
Steve looks a trifle bemused about what he can do with them.
Several people we know like pickled red cabbage. More Christmas ideas?
The insides are quite stunning.
Finally, I found this in the greenhouse the other day.
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