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  • The English Home

    FROM PATCH TO PLATE Matthew Fort

    Sep 02, 2020 3 minutes

    I think of September as the amuse-bouche for October. October is autumn proper, the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and all that. Autumn is the countryside in its mature pomp, with a hint of the melancholy of advancing winter. It is the time for foraging.

    If I am being strictly honest, I am getting just a touch bored by garden duties by this stage, too. Gardens are like small children – they demand a lot of attention and are infinitely rewarding, but there comes a time

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