Harvest time

Yesterday I picked the last of the peas for this year. There weren't all that many left - barely enough for a serving for one person - but we have done pretty well with them this year. I also harvested the pears, or what there were of them. About 15 between two trees. Actually, they all come from one tree; for some reason the second tree had none at all this year. Last year we had so many we didn't know what to do with them. At least the apple tree looks to have come properly on stream (or in fruit) at last. I shall probably pick them next week.

At this time of the year the raspberries should be coming into their own: I grow an autumn fruiting variety which usually gives fresh fruit through until October and which has a much better flavour than the summer varieties. This year, however, because of the amount of rain we have had and are still having, many of the berries are rotting before they are ripe.