The fruit harvest started

Now that the high heat of the day is gone we have started mowing again and looking for fruit to pick. My little morello cherry trees are full of fruit again, like last year. The only difference is that the fruit is smaller this year. Good job we have finally managed to buy a fermenting barrel for the palinka, as this year's fruit crop should give us a good few bottles. Mind you, the morello cherries are going into my tum or into bottles, not the palinka barrel. I have also decided to have a go at something my mother used to do in th past. Starting with June, she would lay down layers of fruit as they come into season in a large glass bottle with a tight fitting top and then cover it with brandy. When full, it should be very tightly covered up and put away to have at Christmas. Cheap brandy will have to do but I think it is the fruit that will be the start of the exercise.

The pictures: Morello cherries, one branch of the pear tree and (for Alex's benefit!) the lemon balm bed.