Outside view

Big thanks to Rich R in the Lake District for sending us these great pictures. The snow cap peak is Blencathra or as the Victorian Tourists named it, Saddleback. What is strange is that the pic was taken (from his front doorstep) 3 years ago to the very day.

Now fast forward 3 years and look at the weather up there today (pic below), you wouldn’t think it was November. This morning in Forest Hill we picked some ripe cherry tomatoes off a plant in the back. How mad is that? Cheers for the pics Rich!

GMT comes back again with a vengeance

It’s November and things are definitely slowing down as the winter weather is now coming in thick and fast and so are the dark nights. No frosts as yet but lots of wind and rain. There’s still a few flowers in the back garden as well which is a nice suprise.

As for the butternut squash, it is still producing fruits and the big one has been dug into by something and is split in the middle. We won’t be eating that! There is no way we’ll get some warmth or sunshine to ripen them up sadly.

And as for the pond, if we have any more rain we’ll be bucketing some water out of it as it’s well close to the top now. Crazy weather we’re having!