Picking brambles - the colour of autumn for me is the purple staining on your hands; went out to post soem letters, so took the dog and we extended our walk on round the lanes a bit; picked some lovely brambles from an easily accessible place, plenty more to come too. Found a nice big patch of betony and some late agrimony too. Lots of barking dogs, though, which broke the peace of the lanes..........Met a lovely little pony with a great long fringe over his face :)I think the brambles will go into a hedgerow jam for putting by for the winter - jam roly poly and steamed pudding, on pancakes, yoghurt......... Added a few elderberries to the bag to add to the ones I picked from our garden this morning, to go in the jam too. Rosehips are almost ready for picking now as well.
Another autumn task - dealign with the sweetcorn; not a huge crop this year, poolination bad, with lots of almost empty cobs. This is enough for our supper, though, so nice to have homegrown to eat. Chickens got the empties :)
Not an autumn task, but a job I love - sitting at the table, daydreaming with the butter churn............
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