Having woken at 6am and got up, I was feeling so grim that I went back to bed at 1030, and didn’t wake until about 1300. A massive change – I think I’ve turned the corner after nearly a week of this lurgy. Temperature close to normal, headache diminished, coughing and snottiness reduced, and not feeling completely incapable, though it’s been a question of “doing things” for twenty minutes followed by resting for 40 minutes!
Glorious sunshine this afternoon, which meant that I could have doors and window open, boiling up pickling vinegar while picking remaining tomatoes and cutting down the plants. There were very few nearly ripe ones worth putting on the windowsill to see if they change colour, but no problem getting the 3lb of green tomatoes my chutney recipe needs. Plenty of windfall apples to add in, though these are still mainly the ones that have fallen early due to codling moth infestation so need a fair bit cut out before use. The last, glorious, Deacon’s Pear picked to have at supper time – unless severe gales are threatened, I’ll leave the Worcester Black Pears, picking them in November and storing until February/March before use.
