Unseasonal Fruits

Last month was the first time I recollect seeing ripe strawberries still growing so late in the year. But this is the third time I've been able to blog about picking outdoor tomatoes in November.

Ripe tomatoes

Outdoor tomatoes picked from the garden this morning. The yellow 'cherry' ones are the wonderfully named, and well flavoured, 'Broad Ripple Yellow Currant'; thanks to Alan Lock for the original seedling he gave me when I moved to Bristol. The fat red monster in the middle is the hybrid Ferline, which this year showed its blight resistant credentials while all around were felled.

And yes, it is November 1st.

Nothing to do with climate change. Of course.

Picked today, November 1, from an unprotected - and neglected - plant in the garden.


They're cherry tomatoes, Broad Ripple Yellow Currant. Fifth generation, from a seedling I was given when we first moved here. That's one of the nice things about Bristol - loads of opportunities to share seeds and seedlings.