Family gathering and special treats were at the menu of our Christmas delights in Aurillac.
Family gathering and special treats were at the menu of our Christmas delights in Aurillac.
Not a single part of the 30 September harvest will be wasted. Windfalls have been used from ground to crown* and turned into gold and rubies.
We picked apples in « le jardin de Saint Simon » yesterday. We look at what we did well and could have done better, and provide a link for further guidance on when and how to harvest all kinds of garden fruit.
After “The simplest of jams”, I have taken the already simple compote recipe down to the essentials too. It requires only one ingredient: fruit.
Freezing fruit enables to process it anytime out of the harvesting season. Here is what I did two years ago with frozen apples given by an Earlsfield resident.
Healthy use of local fruit is a possibility that goes beyond the borders of London and the UK.
It is surprising how sweet and tasty some grapes that grow in South West London can be. We also made jam with an other variety that was not as pleasant to eat fresh.
Apples picked this morning were on today’s menu here in Southfields as well as a kiwi picked three days ago in Wimbledon. We compared it to a kiwi purchased in the trade.