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A perfectly round oak “apple”

Oak apple or oak gall is the common name for a large, round, vaguely apple-like gall commonly found on many species of oak. Oak apples range in size from 2 to 4 centimetres (1 to 2 in) in diameter and are caused by chemicals injected by the larva of certain kinds of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. (Courtesy Wikipedia)

This is an oak tree that we found as a sapling down by the goose pond a few years ago. We dug it up and replanted it near the house. We will have to dig it up again in the autumn as it is growing and spreading fast. I think it might go into the field
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Struggling to keep pace with the crops

These were picked just now. Jeremy pickled some earlier today

Sour cherries aplenty

I’m just about to pit them
Redcurrants picked this morning and cooked with sugar and now dripping through a jelly bag to make redcurrant cordial. I made another litre of blackcurrant cordial this afternoon. It’s now in the freezer