After a few weeks of collecting strawberries and trying to eat them all on my muesli of a morning, we had a huge glut, and I made 5lb of jam. We have also made strawberry pavlova and I still have some left to eat on my muesli, although they are nearly all finished now.
That doesn't matter though because.....
the raspberries are ripening! I'm still eating those on my muesli and I don't know if I'll get jam out of them, but it would be pretty cool if I did.
We've also been harvesting plenty of courgettes and sugar snap peas, which are delicious.
We also have some beautiful flowers - potatoes and runner beans:
The herb and salad beds are flourishing and we have salad leaves and wild rocket, coriander, parsley and chives.
Last weekend we picked 8.5 pints of elderflowers and we now have 5 gallons of elderflower, lemon and raisin wine fermenting in a big plastic bin. It's not very photogenic though!
I've even found the time to knit, and I've started a new project, a cardigan in DROPS Safran (a 100% fingering weight cotton). It seems perfect for the current weather, cool and fresh. It has a body in wave pattern (feather and fan) with a top and sleeves in garter stitch.
4 comments:
I can't believe how well all your veg has done to say you've only been in the house a short while. It all looks fantastic!
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Ditto what Noo said! You must be so pleased to get such fantastic produce already :)
Lovely knitting project! Lovely garden!
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