Yet more produce from the garden

I went outside to check on Fleck the broody Serama hen and give her some fresh food and water.

I then spent 5 mins in the veg garden and Orchard

This is what I picked. 

And the peppers and tomatoes which are from an earlier 5 min trip into the polytunnel.

8 lb of Tom Putt apples, 6 lbs of Beth pears, 6 lbs of Victoria plums, 3lbs of Runner beans (Lady Di) 3 lbs of Climbing French beans (Blue Lake)

8 lbs of Courgettes (Black Beauty, Yellow Zuccini and Nice du Rond)

4 lbs of Red Peppers (Sweet California) and 5 lbs of assorted coloured Tomatoes.

I need to make freezer Soup/Chutney/Jam to clear out the freezers of last year's produce, so we can have room to start to process this year's produce.

And get the Dehydrator out of the loft! 

First mow of the year!

 Mowed the garden and the pool area and meadow.

Still too wet to cut the semi circle at the top of the wood, but it's good to have got most of the grass cut.

An afternoon in the Golden Valley

It was a fine, if cold afternoon so we went to visit Arthur's Stone 

 Then to nearby Snodhill Castle. A brisk walk up to the top of the hill it stands on, with a spectacular view across the valley below.

You must get have seen both these sites on various "Digging for Britain" programmes on BBC.

Well worth a visit!

Lots of Herons.

Just drove back home, through Stretton Grandison, past a flat, flooded, arable field. Shallow pool of surface water, covered in Crows, and 10 Herons!

Not quite sure what they were doing, small stream nearby unlikely to have provided many fish or amphibians to eat when it burst its banks, possibly lots of drowned worms from the heavy clay field?

Or curiosity at the sudden appearance of a "new" pool?

anyone, any ideas?