leaf it out

Time to rake up the masses of leaves that have fallen from the walnut tree. In less than a week great flotillas of them have sailed down and covered the garden. We're putting them into leaf mould sacks, so next year we'll have a lovely mulch for the veg patch. Summer has passed, autumn is here, winter is on the horizon - time to hunker down.

Pumpkinky

The annual pumpkin whittling night, getting bigger and better.

Need to start planning for next year.

playing ketchup

Made Saint Jamie's tomato ketchup with our ripe, red and rotund tomatoes that have taken an age to grow. It was so nice to preserve something that has been so long in the growing, the only trouble is, I bloody love Heinz Tomato Ketchup, so as nice as it is, I think it's going to last an awfully long time...