✨And for my last trick of the day ....✨✨✨

 

                  We went foraging for blackberries in the hedgerow !

   There are lots ready now and lots more to come after today's torrential rain .

A couple of cooking apples from our tree and into the cauldron they go !

10ounces plain flour ✨7ounces butter ✨5ounces soft brown sugar mixed with 2 ounces of demerara sugar .....all stirred up with a handful of oats .

Into the oven for 30-40 minutes......until it looks like this ...... Abracadabra  ✨

     ✨    Apple and Bubbling Blackberry Crumble ........where's the clotted cream ?

                                                      ✨✨✨ 

Cabbages Planted 🥬🥬

Up at 7am , no brekkers no quick cuppatea , pulled on my wellies and got straight to it !

Change of plan . Decided not to take down the teepee as there are still flowers coming on the french beans .

I decided to make space at the end of the Curly Wurly Kale bed and hoping that I might have enought netting to cover everything .

 The ground in this bed rock hard from being over shadowed by the blue flowering shrub and a big clump of oregano .  I lopped off several branches and pulled the Oregano plant in half .

This bed really needs bulking up with a good thick mulch . Compost I can not afford . 

I plan to put the spent compost from my tomato and cucumber plants when they are finished .

These deep root training pots were a really good investment , I highly recommend them .

I still have a little space for a few Beetroot and Pak Choi .

Then I cobbled together a cloche with some blue water pipe , some plastic trellis and a few cable ties .

   And was delighted to find that the green netting did indeed reach over everything  .

        Ricardo bringing me some rocks and bricks to hold the netting down .

           All done !  Then off to Mc Donalds in Falmouth for brekkers .

On the way back we took a wrong turn , which then lead us to the beautiful ancient Church of St Gluvias in Penryn , where Ricardo had been baptised . Many of his ancestors were baptised , married and buried there . 

One of his most celebrated ancestors being his Grandfather A.J. Thomas , the very well known and respected Penryn Rugby player .🏈

 Always known as A.J.

Granny always said the Vicar, at his baptism , hadn't heard properly his name which he thought he heard was Almond John Thomas . . . . but it turns out that his Great Grandfather and his Great Great Grandfather were also Christened Almond John Thomas !    So it seems that Almond is an old Cornish name !

So we took the opportunity to go in and look around .

We were very lucky ; they had just finished a service and were preparing to close up .

Unfortunately my mobile phone doesn't take clear enough photographs . We will have to come back another time with my proper big camera and a list of his ancestors names  . We were not really prepared but had a quick look around and the church wardens were very kind and helpful and showed us a book with all the names of people baptised , married and buried..even with a map to show where the graves are ! 

We couldn't look around the grave-yard because it was about to pour with rain and we dashed back to the car .... Ricardo determined to come again .......me feeling very happy for the rain to settle my cabbage babies in !  🌧️🌧️🌧️

                             The sun is shining again now ☀️

               All fer now , hope you are enjoying the Bank Holiday !

                                 love Debbie 💐x

                            

Oh dear ! How sad ! Never mind ! 🤣

           So yesterday ,    since we were in the Marazion area again .......

                               I went back to check .........  😔