I Don’t give a fig about Peaches

It’s that time of year again – fruit ripens as the summer moves slowly into Autumn. Anything that survived the onslaught of the sun seems to burst into fruit.

I’ve watched this peach tree get it’s blossoms in April – before any leaves, it gets flowers- then it drinks in the sunshine all summer, until the peaches ripen around now. They’re small and many have fallen on the ground and they taste delicious.

The figs are ripe on some trees, not on others. The ones that are ripe dribble sticky juice on to your hand.

Now I’m waiting to see whether any blackberries fatten enough to be worth picking…