Autumn Fruits

September is Blackberry time but this year it is proving disappointing. A few weeks ago it looked as though we were in for a bumper harvest but late ripening has resulted in berries that are dry and not very sweet. So goodby to my ideas of making blackberry jelly.

                                              Blackberries on the way to Ewelease Dairy. Photo. John Elliott

 

The Bullaces, wild plums, have however had a good year and I now have, thanks to a kind neighbour whose garden has several trees, four pounds of  'damson' jam. The trees by the Reading Room, much appreciated by villagers in former years, have had a bumper crop this year but this is now rotting on the ground as the trees have been trimmed and the fruit can't be reached. 

 

                                             Reading Room Bullaces.   Photo. John Elliott