Fruit and vegetables – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

18 Oct 2020

Fruitfulness

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables, My garden, Still life, Worcestershire | 0

After a good uninterrupted eight hours of sleep, I woke this morning feeling much better. R is still suffering pretty badly though, so our plans to roller-skate up the Long Mynd had to be put on hold, and we spent … Continued

22 Sep 2020

Mellow whatever

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Fruit and vegetables, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

If I let you into a secret, will you promise not to judge me? I don’t like blackberries. Confession, they say, is good for the soul, and I do feel better now that I’m not masquerading as something I’m not … Continued

2 Sep 2020

Wet

by JDO | posted in: Fruit and vegetables, My garden, Trees, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

I missed a trick today. Well, two actually. I went for a more-or-less socially distanced coffee and catch-up this morning with a friend I haven’t seen for a long time, even though she and her husband live only a few … Continued

23 Aug 2020

Autumnal

by JDO | posted in: Fruit and vegetables, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

I’m paying the usual price for having had two days of fun, so I was pretty maungy this morning, but when the weather cheered up I made an effort to do the same thing, and went for a walk through … Continued

17 Aug 2020

Marmalade

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables, Still life | 0

When the Seville oranges appear in the shops after Christmas, I usually make one or two batches of marmalade. One year I got a bit carried away and made three. Last winter I opened the store cupboard, glanced inside, saw … Continued

29 Apr 2020

Chequered

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Fruit and vegetables, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Today’s re-run of Groundhog Day was marked by the arrival of the small batch of emergency pond plants I ordered last week from Sweet Knowle Aquatics, who seem to have got their…. act…. together rather better than some of the … Continued

23 Apr 2020

Precarious

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Fruit and vegetables, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It’s not at all easy for a very large bumblebee to feed from the very small blossom of a blackcurrant bush, and this Bombus terrestris queen had a fairly torrid time trying. Nevertheless she persisted, and from time to time … Continued

16 Feb 2020

Chilly

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables | 0

And wet. Looking at the road beyond the front garden this morning, I resigned myself to being confined to our property for the day. R, who spends at least as much time trying to escape from the trench as I … Continued

4 Nov 2019

Medlar

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Fruit and vegetables, Landscape, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

If you’ve never seen one of these fruits before, I very much doubt that you’re alone, because they’re not often grown these days – although now that there’s a revival of interest in heritage crops, it’s becoming a little easier … Continued

29 Sep 2019

Romanesque

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables | 0

I spent – let’s not calculate how long, because it won’t make us feel any better, but quite a long time – producing focus stacks of this, taken in flat light. And then I threw them all in the trash … Continued

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