On Friday we decided to visit the local farm shop again to see what fruit and vegetables they had in stock.
We found radishes and beans straight from the fields. The beans were delicious with our evening meal. Radishes lovely and peppery with a cheese salad roll for lunch. We still have some left.
Plums not long picked and brought into the shop. The fruits on our plum tree are still green. These were delicious stewed with a little custard.
Scenes from a recent walk.
I must try and join in with the Big Butterfly Count this summer. I will have to do it in the garden so that I can use the oven timer to measure the fifteen minutes recommended for the count. My watch battery ran out a couple of months ago so I never know what time it is when we go for walks. I can't yet contemplate going to the Watch Repair shop in the shopping centre up in the city centre where I usually go to get a new battery fitted.
Meadow Brown
Tomatoes from and in the greenhouse. We are getting quite a few now although like the plums they need more sunshine to ripen them.
A few flowers from the garden, taken before the rain could damaged them.
Lots of lovely produce. Something special about this time of year with all the abundant fruit and veg. Good luck with your butterfly count. I must sit down and do mine. Weather bit too breezy today. B x
ReplyDeleteI love all the lucious fruits at this time of year, apricots, nectarines, plums, cherries etc. Friday looks like it will be a warm day, I may try the butterfly count them:)
DeleteLovely photos and lots of delicious looking produce :) I do love plums. Our tomatoes are only just forming flowers! Weather looks better and more suitable for a butterfly count later this week :) Naughty badgers!!! They are clever though and I think they can tunnel under fences to get places! The flowers in your garden look so lovely. I have no wish to go into town centres either at the moment. I can't believe how much life has changed. So depressing when you think how you could just go to a pub, or a national trust property or visit a church last year without worrying at all. I know life outside is slowly getting back to "normal" but I just wouldn't feel safe doing so many things I love. Take care Rosie.
ReplyDeleteThe farm shop had plums and greengages which I love too. Greengage jam is one of my favourites. We were tempted but just bought the plums for now. I love having the bagders and foxes visit but the badgers can be quite destructive. My eyes are getting worse and I would love to go to the opticians as I think I need a different prescription or the cataracts are getting worse. I struggle sometimes to write blog posts and comments too. I saw a lovely virtual visit to a church in Lincolnshire that you would enjoy I'll try to put a link to it in my next post - it's Mundon St Mary's and done by Lincoln conservation you may find it on Google. Take care:)
DeleteSo sorry to hear about your eyes. The current situation is making life prety difficult atm for things like that. I would love to see the link to the virtual church visit so thanks so much. I've never had badgers here but we did once have several foxes visiting years ago and I remember OH found them a pain with growing vegetables.
DeleteThank you RR, opticians, dentists and etc are problematic at the moment I don't feel like going to either yet. I think it's badgers rather than foxes getting into the cage although we could be wrong, if we can find a way of strapping the wildlife camera to something and focus on the door to the cage we may find out. The bat detector identified a pipistrelle yesterday evening:)
DeleteWhat naughty badgers! They know where to find the best produce in the neighbourhood. Mind you the farm shop had some great things too. It's good to see the butterflies, you've got some lovely shots. I haven't seen any tortoiseshells down here or painted ladies either.😊
ReplyDeleteThey are indeed. A badger visited early yesterday whilst it was still quite light, it was hungry and ate all the dog biscuits we put out for the foxes. I haven't seen Red Admirals or Painted Ladies yet this year and there were quite a few around last year, only seen one Comma ealier in the year too:)
DeleteIt's always lovely to enjoy homegrown or fresh local produce :)
ReplyDeleteThose badgers... you have to admire them, even though it's annoying!
It's a great time of year for fresh fruit and vegetables, I wish we had better soil here to grow a lot more then we could feed the badgers too:)
DeleteLovely photos Rosie. All that produce looks like a harvest festival! I hope you get lots of butterflies visit you for the Big Butterfly Count. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone. I'm hoping for a couple of warm and sunny afternoons both to ripen the tomtoes and bring in the butterflies:)
DeleteNaughty but very clever badgers they obviously know where the best produce is to be had.
ReplyDeleteThe male badger came on his own yesterday evening, I wonder if it is his offspring getting into the cage as they are smaller, father badger is huge:)
DeleteVery clever of the badgers, but your poor veg! The photos are lovely :) it's funny i've only seen worn and tattered Meadow Browns this year so far?!
ReplyDeleteWe tried to keep the badgers away from the vegetables but we seem to have failed. Most of the Meadow Browns I've seen are very pale:)
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