Mabel hiding from Nigel. He wants tonight play chase – she doesn’t!

We have two olive trees in the courtyard. The larger has been here longer but has never yielded fruit.

The smaller was bought for us by friends who will be visiting at the weekend. This younger tree boasts tiny little olives which are turning from green to black as they ripen in the autumn sunshine.

Will the tree one day yield plump fruits that I can pickle in brine?

Add a glug or two of olive oil, some grinds of salt and pepper and paprika and put in the oven to cook until tender. Fast food.

The Bedfordshire Champion onions, grown from seed, have produced enormous bulbs weighing in at a pound each or more.

While Jeremy was pulling up the Champions I was making up the beds for our expected guests. Nigel was going to help but then decided he couldn’t be bothered!

This morning, having watched the Netflix documentary “The Magic Pill”, I made two “loaves of ketogenic bread. It didn’t rise as much as I had hoped and it is very rich and moist. Hardly surprising because it contains five eggs, a cup of coconut oil and a cup of macadamia nut paste, also lemon juice, baking powder and salt. Any ideas for getting it to rise more? Maybe more beating and therefore more aeration?

We have moved the two Bantie mums and their three chicks to the run by the back door. They have a large, enclosed run in which to play.

We have taken all the young Bantie hens from this summer and the Bantie cockerel from last year and put them in a large run behind the annex.

Mr cockerel will, no doubt, wake our guests early next week. Guests you have been warned!

The Blunham Young Farmers are advertising an event using decorated bales of hay.

They would have more impact if they trimmed the hedge to make their banner more visible. Good try.