It was Michaelmas Day (Michael and all Angels) celebrated on 29th September. A warm sun shone and the sky was clear. We worked on our orchard plot in our shirt sleeves, digging over, tidying, uprooting the sweetcorn (a few kernels); clipping crimson leaves from the strawberries to make them more productive next year, pulling up runners that were too weak to survive.
Necessary maintenance. The plot is tidier now and better defined. The summer stuff is gone, but leeks will swell in the coming cloudbursts and the last tomatoes ripen under glass.
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