· James Torr · Personal · 1 min read
Elm flowers are out in full force at the moment. They’re not the most distinctive trees, and somewhat under threat. I noticed these in a car park a few days ago, then driving down Stanford Avenue, saw that the whole road was lined with them.
My first ever ripe fig. Pity not all of them are as ripe as this. Picked and enjoyed today. All the sun we've had this year must have pushed this to be edible, and monstrous too. And delicious it was.
Foraged sumac. Not much out this time of year apart from sloes and rosehips. First time processing these, around about 10 quite large buds filled a jar, took about 1hr total to get through.
Rather enjoyed seeing the defiant grasses and wild clematis erupting from these traffic bollards on a road siding.
This Echinopsis is quite spectacular. Never had two flowers before. Smells amazing, unfortunately the bloom will be gone quite quickly.