good news, the mot on the holding went well…lots of ideas for next season, plants almost all sourced, and some major rejigging, more of which in the next few days
now its autumn, a small, first years harvest…a few handfuls of medlars
known to the victorians (for fairly obvious reasons) as ‘dogs arse’, medlars have an unusual delicious taste, think stewed apple crossed with dates
royal, a variety producing unusually large fruits will be part of one of the new projects for the winter planting – the damp orchard
buy, steal, scrump, swap, whatever you have to do to try them, theyre amazing