I thought I’d like to share some of the scenes from our garden these days. After a great deal of rain and a mild spell, things are greening up nicely after our summer drought. Our morning glory is still glorious. Here I love the shapes its delicate tendrils describe as they intertwine and with colour combinations only nature can carry off elegantly.
Our honeysuckle is a little confused: some branches are producing seeds while others are producing flowers - though not as fragrant as when in full season.
The pomegranate tree has a really, vibrant green leaf, a beautiful flower and now its fruit light up the garden on these darker days, like early Christmas decorations. I remember our niece, Gillian, when she was little, painstakingly extracting the seeds with a tooth-pick, and savouring these sweet capsules, one by one!
But gardens always entail effort and this year Z decided to plant the winter crops of lettuce and onions. He rushed to get the plants in just before the rains came, and they really are thriving now. The damp, mild weather also encouraged great growth in our rocket patch- we’ve never had such a good crop. So very soon we can look forward to salads with home-grown lettuce, rocket, spring onions, sprinkled with pomegranate seeds and seasoned with our own virgin olive oil.
Apple recipes are great autumnal favourites. This is one I tried for the first time: an apple and yoghurt cake, tasty but just a tad soggy. Maybe a little heavy-handed on the yoghurt?
We are very fortunate in that our neighbours are generous about sharing their produce.
These are the lotus fruit made into cookies with lots of lovely seasonal seasoning in cinnamon and nutmeg, with dried sultanas added for extra flavour.
And finally we come to the borlotti beans which I enjoy cleaning as their green and cranberry pods divulge the cream bean with markings which can range from burgundy to a mauve blue. They have a particularly creamy texture and are delicious in a tomato sauce with onions and bacon. Sorry, this is such a paltry portion - we ate them too greedily to record!!
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