If Joshua and the Mrs. had their way we would already be putting up a tree and starting to decorate for Christmas. I am, you will not be surprised to hear, keener on dressing the tree to the sounds of Carols from King’s College at that minor Fenland university on Christmas Eve as we did as young children. There is always a compromise. But what you see below are not decorations although they could be in a couple of months.
It is the fruit from one small chill bush, threaded while Joshua does his homework, and now left to dry in the kitchen. In a few weeks they will look a bit more shriveled and then one by one into the cooking pot they go. There are still a handful of other bushes in the garden, all smaller and some with different types of chilli, to harvest over the coming weeks. More decorations.
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