Unlike the geese, who have grown at a prodigious rate, the baby chicks still look tiny in spite of feeding well.

The slightly older chicks continue to roost with their mum at night.

In the orchard there are two pear trees that we planted four years ago. They are beginning to produce fruit.

One has unusual dark red skinned pears, the other green. Our old pear tree is also laden

Any ideas for cooking, storing, bottling or any interesting simple recipes (not pear and chocolate combinations, thank you), especially savoury ideas rather than sweet?