Tomatoes and other fruit

 

This was the biggest tomato this year! Quite unexpected...and more than twice as big as any of the others. It weighed nearly 800 g / 1¾ pounds.

That went into a batch of aubergine and peppers with tomatoes, some of which we enjoyed without visitor.

I am working through the rest...one large batch of non-spicy green tomato and apple chutney, as some people can't tolerate spices.   Then yesterday a very hot tomato and ginger chutney, a friend's recipe that is on the downsizer forum recipe base. 

It was for yellow tomatoes, but I used all the green tomatoes that needed using straight away, plus all the half ripe red ones.

Much bubbling......

It is certainly hot and spicy...and very nice indeed. It will be good to see how it matures.

We took advantage of a break in the weather yesterday afternoon....not that it lasted very long! And had a walk along the big hedge in the field.   Of course we had bags with us! 

We picked a bagfull of sweet crabapples, and a smaller amount of wild pears. The variety I had hoped to get had finished and gone while we were away...they are still as hard, but sweeter...so again, wait until next year and hope. But those we did get will hopefully mix with the sweet apples to make a pleasant enough juice. We will see!!

Then retreat..as the rain came in again.

This morning I awoke to more of the heavy rain and high winds that were keeping us awake last night. A little further north and west from us has a yellow weather warning, as their winds will be in the 70 miles and hour range not the 40s like ours!

Pirate isn't up yet....who blames him?!!