good god, 600g of gooseberries & 600g of sugar = 1 medium jar of jam. Yikes.

making soup, since the weather's gone cold again.

the weather doesn't suck tomorrow. I want to finish my planting.

Still hacked off, but trying to be philosophical about it all.

oh, FUCK the BNP, and the assholes who voted for them in the EU elections. That's right, one of the bastards is one of our new MEPs.

going to bed. g'nite!

making mango chutney

holy cow, my garden is going nuts. I heart this time of year.

sunburned feet. OW.

this waking up to blazing sunlight is awesome, except for the 5:00 a.m. part