Turns out it is not quite autumn in my garden afterall.
Last week I declared my tomatoes a failure, prematurely it seems. On the up this week in my garden: one lovely looking tomato.
Also continuing to ripen and provide me with a reason to make compote and crumbles: the apples!
I’m trying to focus on the summer but still out of the corner of my eye I can’t help but notice that the lavender is well and truly finished. It’s getting a spooky covering of cobweb that’s a tad halloween.
The colour is leaking out of some of the hydrangea blooms too. No more near-neon blue, they’re mellowing to equally stunning shades of pale, milky, pinky grey.
I wonder what’s growing in Mammasaurus’s garden this week…Clickety click below to find out.
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On the bright side, failing tomatoes means lots of ingredients for green tomato chutney 🙂 I love this time of year because blackberries and apples are ready about the same time, which means lots and lots of crumbles. Nom!
Green tomato chutney! I hadn’t thought of that, brilliant, thank you!
Pretty much none of my tomatoes ripened last year and it was the only thing I could think of doing with them.
Ahhh the lonely tomato – mine hasn’t been very productive either. Our lavender here still has a little purple left – I must admit I find it really interesting seeing how different areas of the country differ with these thing (yes I am saddo). So apple crumble then Halloween yes?
Thanks for sharing – lovely photos, just lovely x
I love seeing how the same plant differs from one garden to the next as well. Thanks to your lovely link, I get to have a nose over garden walls every week x
You can ripen tomatoes on your window sills – warmer inside as the year goes on, but no need yet.
Great thinking, I am so not cut out for this gardening lark, that hadn’t even occurred to me! Hope you’re doing well lovely x
The hydrangea still looks so beautiful. Lovely post x
Thank you, hydrangeas are gorgeous aren’t they.