Surprise!

Archie quality checks the apples to see
if they are ready for harvesting

 

It was a bumper year for my apples and pears this year: the first lot of pears - a dessert variety - are all picked, poached and safely in the freezer. I'm still waiting for the next lot to ripen, and then the freezer will be fully stocked for the winter months ahead.

The apples are all in too - or I thought they were.

And then I spotted this: two which I'd somehow missed picking off the apple tree in the garden.

It was a nice surprise and best of all, as they are eating apples, I won't have to toil over a hot stove cooking them for freezing!