september growth

Sedum telephium ‘autumn joy’ (stonecrop)
- clump forming herbaceous perennial

apple and rosemary scones

scrumpied apples (of course!), from St. Nick's

Celeriac & pear soup

scrumpied pears (York Cemy)


plus market celeriac

boiled and blitzed (with butter, potatoes, garlic & thyme)

plus home-made **spelt** bread

lotment greens, seed saving and cuttings

Honesty (Lunaria) seeds, apparently aka a money plant (!), which reminds me ...


... my money plant (Crassula ovata) cuttings are doing rather nicely after 3 years (the original cuttings from Daisy, see here)

Autumn harvest

Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus)


Cara potato harvest

Purple cauliflower

Fritata with red potatoes (home-grown)




purple cauliflower cheese (with home-grown runner beans, chives & mustard)

(scrumpied) plums

plum and almond cake, made with freshly scrumpied plums and home-made spiced plum jam




... another tea-break special (sponsored by York cemetery and St. Nicks!)

Greentea swirl bread