Well, are the Northern countries hoarding the winter weather storms? Certainly down here in the French Dordogne (possibly France's most densely wooded county) the leaves are still firmly on the trees and the tree fruit is not ripening. Is this a dispute between two sets of 'gods'...one that sponsors the cold with some darkness, the other that sponsors the light with very brief, not quite rainy episodes?
As a consequence I am left with a vegetable garden overburdened with tomato plants of various varieties, none of which ripen. My experience indicates that a fried, or grilled unripe tomato is NOT worth eating. Unfortunately it is not much better as salad. Local St Astier (in France!!) overheard gossip suggests what I have to do is to:
put unripe tomatoes in a wicker basket, add apples and bananas, cover with tea-cloth and leave outside in the sun light...
On verra....
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