August 13th

Potato Harvest what a delight

              Look at the size of this courgette, and just look at the squash tromboncino, potatoes and one sweet corn

 

 

August 9th

 Squash tromboncino.

Bergamot

 

Squash tromboncino. 

 

The can grow up to one metre

 

August 6th-7th

What next...

The beetroot did well, although I had only put a few seeds in this year. All the beet is now out and I have made sweet and chilli chutney, have roasted the beet with goats' cheese, all so tasty.

The bed is now being used to plant more beetroot that I had germinated  the conservatory.

 

Small beetroot shoots, I hope they take to the ground.

 

Tomtaoes

 

Broccoli

 

 

Beans. Well, they have taken a long time to get to this stage. These are and supposed to be a yard long. At the moment nothing, and no flowers yet either. I may or may not be successful. 

 

                                                      Lot more blackberries being picked...

 

and more courgettes....

 

Courgette and potato fritters are easy to make.

Courgette and potato fritters are so quick to make and don’t require any planning or prep work in advance.

 

2 small courgettes 

1 small onion chopped

1-2 medium sized boiled potatoes

¼ cup of all-purpose flour or garam flour

1 teaspoon salt, 

1 teaspoon garam masala

I green chilli finely chopped – optional 

Small handful of fresh coriander leaves

¼ cup vegetable oil 

Method

 

Grate the courgette 

In a large bowl, roughly mash the potato 

Add all other ingredients and combine them well

 

Heat 1 – 2 Tablespoons of oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat.

Take a small amount of mixture in the palm of your hand and flatten to small fritter size.

Cook for about 3-4 minutes on both side until golden brown

 

August Courgettes and...

August 2nd 

Doing well on courgettes. There is a lot that can be done with courgettes. Well, you can give them away to the neighbours, sauté them, fritter them, make a yummy courgette and cheese flan, freeze them or make the most amazing vegan courgette and chocolate cake.

 

I have done all the above and still have courgettes left !

 

                          

 

 In my version I added crystallised ginger and honey-roasted almonds.

                                            

                     

 

Bergamot  

 

At the bottom of our LG lots of blackberries are beginning to ripen. This is the first year we have seen them.

 

Then around the edge of the LG there are so many blackberries. The hot weather has really got them in abundance this year. So we have been picking.

 

                   

And we have gladiolus, beautiful flowers that give us so much pleasure every year.

 

                    

 

 This is what we took home today. - the latest haul.