You know those little fruits that look like golden tomatoes wrapped in leaves that they sometimes put on the side of your plate at fancy restaurants?

Cape Gooseberries

I took one home and planted some of the seeds. Mine didn’t go anywhere but my mother in law took some of the seedlings and planted them in her garden:

They’re very late to fruit as it’s early October already but there’s I’m chuffed to see them get this far. I think they’re called Cape Gooseberries but they have several regional names. We called them Lorna Berries because it was our family friend Lorna who took JJ and I out to lunch where I nicked a couple of choice berries from their plates and smuggled them home in a napkin.