"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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"Steve Peek" wrote in message
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The fruit (prunes/plums, nectarines, peaches, apples, quinces and pears)
have all done brilliantly and we have had a bumper year to the poitn
where I'm sick of dealign with the harvest.


If you are not a "teatotaler" learn to make wine. All those fruits make
lovely wine.

Ah, there's a thought. I've made blackberry wine at least 3 decades ago
and apparently (as I'm not a drinker and wouldn't know a good drink from a
bad one) it was good. But to be relaistic, I dont' think I'll bother this
year - I'm already 'over' the hard work of dealing with the harvest.


Blackberry wine finished dry is one of my favorite wines. It compares
favorably with the lighter bodied reds made from grapes.


Well David and I can sit back and put our feet up and read our gardening
catalogues or chew the fat. You northern hemisphereans will be very
busy.

That's for sure, there's not enough hours in the day this time of year.

:-)) Mush! you northern hemisphere gardeners, Mush!