Hedgerows!!

Oh how exciting. This is really VERY exciting.

When Rich's parents came to visit us, we took them for a little walk along the lane, through the fields, you know the story, and Rich's Dad, John, for some reason had hit on the idea that I would be interested in things I could pick from the hedgerows for cooking with, which is true, and he was enthusiastically pointing out to me, Lisa look, here are hazelnuts you can pick (imagine soft thick lilting north yorkshire country accent), they'll be ready soon, and sloes, you can make sloe gin, and so on. And I was so excited about the prospect I took the Richi out for a walk along the same route last night to check on the readiness of the hedgerow offerings that apparently we could live off, but only blackberries were ready



(I say only, I mean, that is exciting in itself, I am going to make a blackberry crumble, and that is one of the great delights of the English autumn) and I set myself to wondering when those hazelnuts would be ready to be made into a cake and I thought to myself I bet the inter-web has the answer and so I looked and I found the sweetest recipe page I have ever come across on the inter-web or indeed in a recipe book, and so I post it here for your fond delight, but also for my own posterity so that I can check it and refer to it when I have picked my hazelnuts, sloes, and rosehips. I knew there must be something I could do with rosehips - they look so ripe and bulging. Anyway, check it out!

Over the garden gate!!

Okay, before I leave you to wander in the garden according to your own whims, I would like to set you a challenge.....just WHAT are these berries???



They are very red! And I suppose I could find the answer on the inter-web myself....but where would be the fun in that. Prizes for those submitting answers before sunday noon!!!

Other delights that can be found in the hedgerows:




Bye XXX