As today is the Autumn Equinox we say hello to autumn and goodbye to summer. As usual we're having a lovely autumn with good weather predicted over the next few days. As we move into Autumn we also start to get some spectacular sunrises & sunsets. I took the photograph below last night.
Autumn really is the perfect time for exploring Shropshire with the slightly cooler, but good weather and changing tree colours.
The hedgerows are full of bright red rosehips, haws, sloes and blackberries. We have a bumper crop of sloes and blackberries this year in our own hedgerows at Hopton House. The yellowhammers are enjoying the blackberries and the goldfinches are flitting betweent the brambles and the teasels we planted for them.
I made my first crop of hedgerow jelly this weekend with the first of our apples, elderberries & damsons. I've also made mint jelly to keep us going through the winter.
