Cooler days.

Have you noticed a chill in the morning air? Certainly it seems easier to sleep and wake up feeling refreshed. With autumn approaching our tomatoes are ripening apace – something I anticipate with delight and can often be found eating straight from the plant. This year the plum tree has an incredible number of fruits, enjoyed by the squirrel who has nested at the top of it. She chooses the ripest and sits peeling off the skin, dropping all the fragments and the stones as she feasts. Many others fall and have a small peck out of each one, clearly not ready for the birds to enjoy. Taking a whole one from the branch I’ve found the flesh to be “woolly” whilst the skins are sour and tough – not very useful at all. We planted an apricot, a peach and a greengage may years ago but they have been less than fruitful, with only tiny fruits some years, so they are destined for the chop. At the same time we’re going to work out a way to discourage the squirrel from staying…any ideas ?