Well, is it Autumn or not? Some say today, some say 22nd Sept when the days and nights are of equal duration. For us it is the 22nd as Dan gets happier when the nights close in!

I bought a new camera a few days ago help me with the recording my adventures. I filmed a quick plot tour with it today but there is no way I am going to show it here! Brilliant footage but I sound like an old trooper walking around the plot – more tuning needed methinks.

So with no gardening to show then it’s all down to a bit of saving food for the coming months.
This recipe blog is dedicated to Marilyn who lives a few miles up the road  – hope you enjoy it !

I have picked yet another 2kg of Tumbler Tom tomatoes – what a crop this year!! As I already have a few tubs of tomato juice frozen I decided to make some Tomato & Basil Soup. This is so simple and very easy to tune to your own taste.

Tomato & Basil Soup

Ingredients:
A glug of olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 Elephant Garlic clove, or 2 “normal” garlic cloves, chopped
1.5 kg ripe tomatoes
1 litre vegetable stock
50g basil leaves, chopped
and for a mild kick 1 chilli (obviously omit if you don’t like spices!)

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