jam, tarts and puddings

We are having our best fruit year so far on the farm, in fact, it seems this area is having a bumper fruit season all round. I am coming home with at least a kilo of loganberries a day.

Rapidly running out of space in the freezer has meant having to make jam.....which normally I wouldn't do at this time of year, but for once the flat we rent comes into it's own, sub zero temperatures (inside the flat) during the winter months means staying at home is grim, staying at home when it's 30 degrees outside however is an absolute pleasure........

15 jars of loganberry jam

Loganberry and raspberry tart

and a summer pudding packed with loganberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackcurrants

blooming marvellous

 

 

 

 

 

crafty old bags and other stuff

Having recently re-organised all my fabrics and old clothes, 

I came across some old cushion covers. Fed up with all our hats, gloves and scarves in cardboard boxes. I decided to make some bags out of the cushion covers, with some scraps for handles and a nifty folding in of the corners at the bottom, and removal of zips, I think they are rather funky

Another teacosy made for our friends Hannah and Derrick who recently got married

and a pin cushion as a mothers day present

green supper

freshly picked today

and turned into this

a broad bean, pea and asparagus risotto, a dash of vermouth, butter, chicken stock, arborio rice, salt and pepper, so fresh tasting it was squeeky

a picnic fit for a queen

first proper picnic of the year, freshly picked salad leaves, refried broad bean risotto cakes, mozzarella and tomato salad (not home-grown!) and strawberries and cherries all washed down with a nice bottle of cheap portuguese wine, wish all Sundays could be like this, thanks Wendy for sharing with us......