Reaping Rewards

Mid August and we are well into harvesting.

Busy times but still very important to sit back and enjoy it all. 

There was a lot of rain this morning but it turned into 

a hot sunny day.

After visiting the mobile library, which comes to our village every 3 weeks, we set to making plum jam and tomato sauce.

There was plenty to use up.

Later in the day, this was the result.

Yet to be labelled.

Over the weekend we ate two of our own melons....delicious.

There are still quite a few to go.

 This is a heritage tomato. It weighs 13 ounces.

The onion crop is drying in the garden room.

There are two layers here. 

And one white aubergine.

Must have come in the mixed seeds. 

I have started a big project in our own garden.....

completely digging out our rose garden to get rid of the ground elder which is rampant.

I am potting up all my plants, some of which have needed splitting.

I can hardly move in my greenhouse.

And the holding area outside is over-flowing.

 Around the rest of the garden, asters are beginning to look good.

Twynings Smartie dahlia is stunning.

Petunias continue to thrive. The ones on the right are climbers.

And cosmos continue to give pleasure.

I love August.