Abundance on the Allotment

Hi there, I thought in this blog I would write a few lines to update those of you that love to hear about my allotment endeavours.

It’s now the end of July, and what a busy month it’s been on the allotment. As you know we had all that wonderful sunshine in West London and around the UK at the beginning of July. Now we’ve ended up with slightly overcast and showery weather at the end of the month.

​Even though all this changeable weather hasn’t been the ideal for many holidaymakers, the same cannot be said for all the plants in the allotment garden. Our fruiting plants have adored all the sunshine and showers. So picking fruit and weeding have been at the top of the allotment jobs list for me and my neighbour during July.

The fruits, veg and herbs we’ve been harvesting this month are plentiful, and include; blackberries, raspberries, rhubarb, apricots, black red and white currants, gooseberries, courgettes, squashes, marrows, salads, beetroot, coriander, cucumbers, French beans, carrots, curly and black kale, tomatoes, spinach, basil and rosemary, to name just a few. All this fruit and veg allowed me to get very creative in the kitchen, so I’ve been cooking, pickling, preserving and fermenting like crazy to capture all that summer goodness.
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See some of my favourite photos from July on the allotment.

In my next blog I’ll give you the recipes to my favourite apricot jam and also the recipe for the best basil pesto EVER!!

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Till next week – Julia
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