Stuff from the garden

[V8mate]

This year has started very well - have had several pounds of raspberries, strawberries and a phenomenal crop of gooseberries. Just grabbed these; first crop of redcurrants this evening too.




Show us your fruit and veg!

[tenex]

Just shows you the difference.
Rasps only just in flower up here.
Redcurrants maybe a fortnight still.
Maybe be able to take pics in August!

[escargot]

My tomato plants are huge now and flowering nicely. Shouldn't be too long before I can start harvesting.

Fortunately for you G, growing fruit is marginally less gay than baking.

[Nolar Dog]

The apple tree is full of fruit which is almost ready.
The grape vine has two bunches so far.

[cslgirl]

So far I have cropped:

Broad Beans
Misc Salad Leaves
Loads of Rhubarb (have made many strawberry and rhubarb crumbles)
1 Strawberry (not doing too well with these)
Sungold tomatos in the greenhouse - picked my first few this evening
Green chillis
Coriander
Parsley

Still waiting for:

Aubergines
Beetroot
Carrots
Courgette
Peppers
Runner beans
Red tomatos
More strawberries
Damsons

[Japveesix]

We've had something like 10 pounds of red currants so far, along with a whole load of black currants and rasperries. Think my gooseberries should be ready about now as well, job for the wekend

I have no idea what to do with so many red currants either, the freezer is rammed full of them....

[Mobile Chicane]

Japveesix said:

We've had something like 10 pounds of red currants so far, along with a whole load of black currants and rasperries. Think my gooseberries should be ready about now as well, job for the wekend

I have no idea what to do with so many red currants either, the freezer is rammed full of them....

Summer pudding's the obvious choice for that lot. Or redcurrant jelly.

[escargot]

Flavoured alcohols? Voddy, gin etc.

[tontoro]

salad from garden last night

[Penny-lope]

V8mate said:

Hmmm not had gooseberries for so long

[V8mate]

Penny-lope said:

V8mate said:

Hmmm not had gooseberries for so long

I love gooseberries. Lightly cooked with a little water and some sugar. Then chilled overnight and served straight. So refreshing on a hot day.

Good served with a little vanilla ice cream/creme fraiche/fromage frais/whatever too.

[Penny-lope]

Gooseberry fool for me

[V8mate]

Penny-lope said:

Any old fool for me

Sorry. It was too easy

[Mobile Chicane]

Only these at the moment - wild strawberries:



The fruits are tiny, but their flavour is so intense you only need one to infuse a fruit salad (or a bottle of champagne).

[The real Apache]

Mrs is currently growing tomatoes, beetroot, rocket, spring onions, lettuce, cucumbers, green beans, radishes, parsnips, carrots, peas, beans, potatoes, red, white and normal onions, scotch bonnets, peppers, basil, sage, golden thyme, rosemary, coriander, tarragon, chives, mint, parsley, strawberries, red ahd white grapes, blackcurrents and something, er, recreational

Edited by The real Apache on Friday 2nd July 19:37

[auditt]

V8mate said:

This year has started very well - have had several pounds of raspberries, strawberries and a phenomenal crop of gooseberries. Just grabbed these; first crop of redcurrants this evening too.




Show us your fruit and veg!

Thats really impressive

[Penny-lope]

V8mate said:

Penny-lope said:

Any old fool for me

Sorry. It was too easy

Creep!

[V8mate]

Penny-lope said:

V8mate said:

Penny-lope said:

Any old fool for me

Sorry. It was too easy

Creep!

I get less grief just meaning mean!

[captainzep]

Lots of salad/rocket so far.

Starting to pick at the peas, but they never get anywhere near the kitchen. Just get woofed in the garden.

Eating a few new potatoes now too with lots of butter and a squeeze of lemon.

Courgettes and tomatoes coming on nicely.

[Rollin]

I'm having to give away courgettes, 3 plants are producing 3 every 2 days!!

Peas are been eaten straight from the pod.

Lettuce,rocket and spring onions every night.

Tomatoes are doing great outdoors in this weather...should start picking in a couple of weeks.

Carrots and beetroot are young and delicious.

French beans were a waste of time.

Strawberries are just ripening.

Fig tree is full....don't like figs . Can you make alcohol from them?