Double Drabble: Fresh Produce

[bk_forever]

Title: Fresh Produce
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 675: Fresh at tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack and Ianto’s roof garden has produced bountiful crops.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.




“There’s nothing better than fresh, organically grown fruit and veg, is there?” Jack said happily, coming indoors with a selection just picked from their roof garden.


“Especially when it’s homegrown,” Ianto agreed. “It doesn’t get fresher than that, but we’ll have to bring in the harvest before the weather gets much colder. We’ll freeze whatever we can for use over winter, maybe preserve some in other ways. Might not be quite as good as straight from the garden, but still better than shop bought.”


“We’ve done pretty well for our first year, haven’t we?”


Ianto nodded. “Better than I expected. We can start harvesting and preserving at the weekend. In the meantime, we should just enjoy our own fresh produce. I thought I’d whip up a salad to go with the leftover roast beef from yesterday. The salad leaves are the most likely to be hit by an early frost; we don’t want them going to waste.”


“Good idea, and I could make a plum pie for dessert.” Jack picked up a plum, still warm from the sun, and bit into it. “Oh. Ugh!” He pulled a face.


“What?”


“The downside of homegrown fruit; it’s got a maggot in it.”



The End

Comments

[raynewton.livejournal.com]

Ah but think of the added protein Jack. He's right though. My grandfather had an allotment during the war, and as a child I loved young carrots pulled up dusted and eaten raw. also peas shelled and eaten like sweets which were rationed. yummy memories

[bk_forever]

Yes, we used to grow some veg, I remember the taste of raw peas. Yum!

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