Figgy everything. And beetroot.

The family have left for further travel and we wave them goodbye.

Four big but by now a little elderly beetroot became beetroot and orange soup, with lots of ground caraway seed and dried dill for better digestion. 5 pounds of yellow courgettes, some potatoes and 2 of our Welsh onions became a veg soup, which we'll have later tonight.

Then onto the figs ripening on our patio. We harvest 2.5kg, and there are still more! I spend the rest of the afternoon in the steaming kitchen, jamming and baking. 5 jam jars full plus a fig and almond custard pie (using lime instead of lemon juice). 

Love the jam, but the pie is a bit of a gloopy, gummy disaster, primarily because I used commercial custard powder instead of making my own. Learnt my lesson!

OH loves the figs. He stuffs a jar full of figs and tops it up with a rum and sugar mix. "Figgy Rum" will be ready by Christmas, we hope.