Saturday 27 July 2013

thorny issues

This week has been a race to get all my hedges cut and gardens tidied up, before taking a couple of weeks off work. Meanwhile, the gooseberry bushes have produced a bumper crop that needed harvesting. All the sunshine we have been having has made them sweeter than usual, so my sales policy of handing them out to passers-by to try, has really been paying off. Even the kids have been happily scoffing them straight off the bush.



But gooseberry picking and hawthorn trimming in a heatwave means I haven't been wearing the requisite amount of body armour. The scratched up state of my hands and forearms is eliciting that, 'if you ever need to talk about anything....' *tilts head to one side* meaningful look.

Have you seen the thorns on a gooseberry?


I know!


and the fruit hangs underneath, protected by all those spikes.


worth it though

followed by the perfect antidote for my sore fingers..


the cool, velvety pod lining of a broad bean.


that's summer right there!

2 comments:

  1. Funnily I have been scoffing down a number of gooseberries and I had always thought they were tart, didn't think about the sun sweetening them. hope you have aloe for those scratches

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    1. It does also depend on the variety a bit - dessert/culinary like apples. Hadn't thought of putting aloe on my scratches. Will go get some immediately.

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