I spent a while sitting in the MENCAP GardeThere was a distinct nip in the air but it was still very pleasant. Julia provided the coffee and the Tunnocks teacakes. They aren’t really teacakes, they are chocolate coated confectionary with a marshmallow filling and a biscuit base. Somehow I managed to get over my concern about the accuracy of the name…
There’s plenty of colour in the garden at the moment, with fucsias and sedums doing well and the sumac trees changing colour.
It’s also time for the final picking of cape gooseberries – the crop with more names than it really needs.
Cape gooseberry, physalis, goldenberry, pichuberry, ground cherries and inca berries – take your pick.
Cape Gooseberries
We’ve had our first frost this weekend so it’s going to be medlar time in the garden this week.
Nottingham Medlars
We missed most of them them last year – either because of the birds or because of medlar rustlers.
Do you eat the medlars? Cape gooseberries look so beautiful 😊.
Cape Gooseberries are good but have lots of tiny seeds. Julia ate medlars last year – she says they taste a bit like apple puree once they are ripe. Last year they disappered – either carried away by birds or a phantom picker. This year we’re hoping to do better.
Fingers crossed!
Sitting in the sun eating a Tunnock’s teacake….did you for a moment wonder whether you had died and gone to heaven?
Well, it doesn’t get better much than that, but I’m not sure I’m ready for the afterlife just yet. 🙂
A sweet but sad time of year as the growing season comes to an end. But coffee and teacakes—however inaccurate the name—always help.
Yes, they did help. 🙂 How is the editing going?
It is going! We just sent for actual proof copies—in book form. I expect more editing will need to be done. Those rascally typos! For me, this process is more difficult than writing the book.
I know what you mean, I checked and rechecked the last lot of submissions and it still included a typo. Grrr.
So awful, as I know first hand. I have to go over and over and over my writing.
It’s worth it, after all, one of your reviwers said you were better than J K Rowling. 🙂
And it’s not everyday that you get that kind of review.
It was obviously a good reviewer! 🙂
A goodly Autumn post. We haven’t had any frost yet
The sun always shines on the righteous, Derrick. As long as you have Jackie you should be alright. 🙂
🙂 Thanks a lot, Quercus
My pleasure. 🙂