General Chat

Yesterday afternoon I saw a lady gathering blackberries from a hedgerow.

I'll keep my eye on my favourite bushes to watch for them ripening.

This morning I noticed a few elderberries starting to change colour too.

Gwyn

Well I,ve just eaten the first few of my Victoria Plums,very tasty too,lookin forward to the rest,but they are earlier than usual. ;-).**M**.

We have just harvested our shallots , so yes , I'd say that Autumn is beginning to approach ..... months of mists and mellow fruitfulness :-D

Autumn !!! It can`t be we havn`t had summer yet!!

I`m glad your all enjoying your fruit, but i`d like a bit of sunshine before Autumn kicks in, otherwise its going to be a very long winter......



Nicky

Yes, we saw people gathering blackberries today. Not from where I would get them though right by a very bust main road where traffic queues at traffic lights.

Oh no,not blackberry time again eek!!!!!!!

The old man and his mate will be off out there picking before we know where we are and I am not sure I have even used all of last years yet.

I have found a recipe for haw jelly so they can gather some of those as well, and the rosehips,damsons,bullaces and anything else they can find.

Make a change from dung!

Sharron I did think of your father when I saw them and remembered your fun threads from previous years.

I'm with Nicky. I haven't had a chance to enjoy summer yet!

Gwyn

We were only saying the other day that they will have to be careful if they take two carrier bags with them. Don't want to get the dung and blackberries mixed up.

Some of my jam tastes like it may already have been through a horse already but you don't want brambles on your compost heap do you!

Indeed the Autumn is just about here,i have gathered the first Calabrese heads ,and runner beans ,and have been busy this morning getting them into the freezer .
Lucky you are Merlin ,being further south ,my plums [also Victoria ] and the apples will be a few weeks yet.but they are swelling nicely ,Fred. :-)

I'm with Nicky too. As far as I'm concerned Autumn can wait. It's definitely summer here today though :-D

Fred ,heard on the Radio that the apple crops will be well early this year,and I,ve just collected a Bag of Plums.but the flowers are really going well espcially the Sweet Peas. :-D

Summer came in April/May

The local news on TV showed them picking Kentish apples.
It's usually a September start and this is the earliest crop for 30 years.

Gwyn

Hey guys,

Up here in Scotland we've just had our first three days of proper summer weather so don't spoil it already . :-S :-D :-D :-D

Glad to see i`m not the only one wanting a bit of summer.......

I too saw on the local News Gwyn about the Kent Apples .


Saying that we`ve had no rain here since Thursday ....so fingers crossed..the forecast till Friday for this area is dry.

After that i`m not here till middle of August ....off to Zante on Friday, our 1st holiday for 4 years ....can`t wait, temp out there around 30 to 35 degrees....



Nicky

my apple tree is laden and wont be long to picking them so they are early and summer fruits were early.

Zo has come home covered in blackberry juice today where they have been picking them, not a good look on white socks.

I don`t envy you Dawn trying to get Blackberry juice out of white socks....


You could always just leave it on there...put them on a hot wash and turn em pink!!


Nicky

will have to make sure her next school shoes arent tbar ones then it wont show lol.