Harvesting has been well underway for some time now in our area, as ever at the mercy of our rather variable weather! This year our personal harvest has given us a surplus of courgettes and plums, so marrow and ginger jam and plum crumbles are the order of the day. But after so many very hot days the weather was bound to break, and we witnessed some very dramatic thunderstorms which predictably led to my son’s elderly border collie spending the night under his bed. This is not normally allowed, but a raging storm is a bit special of course, and she has always been very frightened of thunderstorms.
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