Riot on my front lawn

Remember that quince jam I made back in December? Well, this is the pay off for keeping Chris and the hedge clippers at bay last year. “The Bush” as we refer to it (actually a flowering quince), is still far from a work of horticultural art. It’s currently rather lopsidedly lashed together with some rope…

Foraged from my front lawn

For months now I’ve been courting the idea of making quince jam or quince jelly from “the bush” on my front lawn. First, I have to explain “the bush”. As I think I’ve mentioned before, we’re living in the house that Chris’s great aunt once lived in, and along with her badly neglected flower beds,…