
It hasn’t been a particularly fruitful year this year. No walnuts, no plums, virtually no black currents, no sloe berries for the gin. The late raspberries have been good and I managed to make a salad made of my own beetroots, late celery, the single apple from my tree and a few walnuts kept over from last year.
The grapes at the front of the house were not even worth picking.
They have been left on the vine and the blackbirds are loving them. Amongst the curling leaves there is great clicking and scolding as the birds vie for the plumpest remaining grape. I think we have had more entertainment from their competition than we ever did from the few litres of grape juice we usually make from our tiny harvest.
After all my positive thinking about how the vaccine will bring greater freedom, it seems I am unlucky enough to be taking one of the very few medications that prevent the taker from making antibodies to Covid. After three jabs I am still unprotected and not venturing far a field.
The vaccines have brought infection rates down hugely and saved so many lives which is wonderful news .
Nothing has changed for me since spring 2019. This hasn’t been a personally fruitful year but the wet summer has at least been a bonanza for the birds!

It’s a shame that it’s not been a very fruitful year there. Let’s hope that it’s a bumper one next year. xx
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It’s just the way it goes! Fingers crossed for next year. Xx
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We had a few apples on our tree but they were pale green and kind of anaemia-looking, not beautifully rosy red.
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The colour Depends on the variety and if Snow White is near!
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Haha! They were red last year … 🤔
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Vexatious !
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We had a lot of apples on our two trees, but most of them had some kind of grub in them. I rescued a few, cut the bad bits out and stewed the good parts with cinnamon & cloves. Unable to resist temptation, I ate most of it while it was still warm but do have a couple of portions in my deep freeze. Sorry about your Covid protection failure – stay safe!
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Good use of what you have! I am just waiting for the magic wand to wave the whole covid thing away!
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It has been such a strange year everywhere for everybody. I am sorry that the threat of the virus is still limiting your movements. The garden, as you have said, is such a blessing. Amelia
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Gardens are such wonderful places for us all! 🪴
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