Colour around the cottage.

This photo is especially for my friend Caroline.
I know she will forgive me eventually, I just couldn't help it...
Our tomato challenge didn't go well for Caroline.
We keep picking and giving them away because we have so many. Caroline and I live in different parts of the country, so maybe that's the reason why Caroline's tomato's decided to be shy and not crop so well this year. What ever the reason, next year I know I am going to start our tomato crop early.

I'm notorious for not labelling seedlings, these were supposed to be pumpkins.
Gourds.. I don't mind, as they always give colour around the cottage, even if they aren't eatable. Pumpkins are growing, I never mixed all my seeds up. .

Chillies. I don't eat them, but I love colour in the kitchen. Especially at this time of year. This is only a first pick, so I should have loads of colour around in a few weeks.

The first plums from our tree this year.
The tree is hanging in them, "one of us" hadn't counted properly. Or maybe they did.............. not often he gets his sums wrong.
Probably already worked out how many pots of jam there are from the plums on the tree.....

Freya has been out and about.

Frank hasn't !
He is however, starting to be more tolerant of our new cottage friend. It takes time and patience to introduce four new paws, no matter who they are or how cute they are.  I have to admit, she is cute............

You can see for yourself on Freya's blog CATFLAP CAVALIER.... no one has told her how to use the catflap yet... shhhhhhhhhh....... 

Pink elephants

Tony has just been outside in the garden to take a photo of our grapes , for our friends who wanted to see them. As they live in Kent, it's much easier to e-mail the photo. He said he has just caught the geese flying over on camera. It's getting rather dark now. But you can just make out the "V" of the flying geese.

I've also included the grapes and a plum., we have 3 on the plum tree this year. The tree is on a warning..... the back garden is so small....produce or go....

Anyone know a good recipe for grape jam? We also know someone who has grape vines, and have been promised their crop.