Okay so we've enjoyed the raspberries (but not as much as the chickens have) and we had a few meals from our spuds but what with rain, little sunshine or warmth and hungry hens helping themselves, we have not enjoyed a glut of anything. But the tomatoes have finally come good, much to my relief. I've been concerned that if they failed for the third year running Luke would throw in the towel and call it a day growing vegetables. How relieved I am that this summer they have fruited and ripened and glowed their rosy little globes through the glass of the greenhouse, like cheery faces peering out at the world of course the chickens have loved these too but thankfully can't reach high enough to pluck them from their curvy vines.
The aubergines haven't done so well being closer to the ground and chicken's beaks. As this summer has been a wash out we have allowed the chickens daily access to the greenhouse so they can have a nice dry dust bath in the soil. They of course have taken advantage of this to vary their diet with the growing veg but we do eventually benefit with golden yolks in their teeny eggs.
Here is our sparse contribution to the Harvest festival
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