This was shown at the harvest service, someone commented that it always seemed to be sunny in the vicarage garden.
Two weeks ago the elderberries looking like they wanted a week of sunshine, this week most were ripe for picking! Haws and sloes, damsons and blackberries went in the bag for good measure. Hedgerow jam is on the cards, a few sloes might find their way into some vodka by the sound of it. I’ve never been a fan of sloe gin, I like mine to taste of juniper! I’ve a feeling some of the elderberry cordial might end up on the altar at harvest time, alongside the home grown wheat-bread… [little update: This all pails into insignificance with...
A cool and blustery day finds me in the front garden, harvesting the of this years wheat…
