My damson tree's never been that happy, it always gets attacked by aphids which make the leaves curl. This year for the first time I managed to harvest enough damsons (sour plums) to make Damson and Apple Jam. All the books say damsons make the best jam ever - they are SO right. They give the jam a very sharp taste without it being bitter. I only got enough for 4 jars (or was it five?). I'll sort those aphids out next year, I'm not having damsons in distress nay more, they're just too nice!
Rhubarb's from behind the compost bin, lens cap included for scale - it gets no fertisers, or any sort of care whatsoever! The white clematis grows on a trellis by the front door and needs frequent cutting back, else I'd not get in nor out the house! Photo taken looking down the hill towards Danestone and Bridge of Don one sunny morning in May.
Row 1: Radish, 
it's a nice one: Acer griseum (Paper-bark Maple), Cruikshank botanical gardens (behind Zoo Building) ...my second home. For years I thought it was a kind of Tibetan Cherry, nope - wrong genus and it's from central China. In Pinyin, should you want to speak to Chinese person about the tree or buy one out there, it's xuè pí. Taken with the Nokia N95 on the way into work on Wednesday morning in bright sunshine (nothing lasts does it?)
