Toast the departing sun with a glorious tomato extravaganza
There is much to do in the kitchen. I made the last of the plums into jam last week – a softly set version for spooning over yoghurt – there are damsons to be frozen for winter and I just managed to catch the tail end of the decent apricots before they disappeared. More organised cooks than me will have done this a couple of weeks ago, but hey ho. What matters is that I have something of the departing summer on the shelf for the cold months to come.
Once the tomatoes are soft and starting to brown here and there, crush them into a rough-edged sauce