Juice

Apples harvested Saturday 22 October

Washed, pulped, juiced & pasteurised  at the Random Apple Co. Sunday 23 October

Result: 31 three-quarter litre bottles of apple juice

The fruit theme will continue in November as we plant 10 orchard trees

Plum Production Line

What to do with a small share of about 20kg of Victoria plums...

Jeff and Tom competed with the wasps for this evenings harvest

August Garden and Fruits of the Garden

The garden looking good

A bumper year for fruits

L - blackcurrant jelly with strawberries

Middle - redcurrant jelly

R - whitecurrant 'jamelly'  (put through a sieve rather than a jelly bag to remove pips) 

topped with redcurrant jelly

High Summer in the Garden

Fruit cage by the east wall

A heavy crop of red and white currants

Seed heads of bolted leeks left for pollinators

Faded poppies

Summer Fruits

A bumper year for fruit

Loganberries looking good

Poppy

Our first red poppy of the year came into flower

100 years and 1 day after the start of the Battle of the Somme

Taming the Wilderness

In the garden during the past few days have been Bridget, Catherine, Fiona, Jeff, Sue and Tom

What for the wilderness beyond the veg beds?

A walk through fruit trees, a pond....

A yellow iris was hidden amongst the nettles and rosebay willow herb

The Garden ...... and Beyond

In the garden today were Sheila, Tom and Fiona

Over half the garden is now under cultivation.....

The remainder is being cleared and will be landscaped

as a leisure space for the enjoyment of the Salesians and their visitors

   

Owls!

(this is the 100th blog post)

Two tawny owls were seen in the garden by Sue and Tom today - too quick for the camera

May Heatwave

A hot day in the garden

May Day Bank Holiday Weekend

Spending a wintry morning between the garden and the shelter of
the garden shed were Bridget, Jeff and Tom

Snow was forecast.....

...but no snow came to spoil gardening today for Tom, Fiona, Bridget, Sheila, Jeff and Lindsay

Spring Sunshine

Enjoying warm sunshine today were Bridget, Lindsay, Tom and Fiona

Winter Wonderland

Thinking twice about early planting.....

The Daffs are in shock!