I've over the weekend planted out the green beans, courgettes, cucumbers and chilli plants; the cucumbers and chillis are in the greenhouse but the others are outside.
Just need the tomatoes to get a bit bigger then they will go in the greenhouse as well.
The parsnips are coming on lovely and will be planted out within the next week hopefully.
Dinners this week are from summer menu 2, although we did have a bbq on Sunday and used up the leftovers on Monday.
I'm just waiting on the strawberry plants coming so I can get them planted out and hopefully we will get some fruits this year.
I have been in jam making mode over the weekend, I found some fruits in the freezer and some reduced to silly prices in the shop, so I have made 10 gooseberry, 4 strawberry, 2 seedless blackberry(pulp is back in the freezer to mix with apple for a crumble) I also made 5 apricot jam using dried apricots, and I reboiled the pink grapefruit marmalade, which never set properly when I made it earlier on.
I still have some more blackberries in the freezer, so will make some more of that when I get the chance.
Hi maisie..i have got 20lb of gooseberries in my freezer from last yr still..we have just got over 22lb in rhubarb from the lotties this year..so i am going to be making jam with it..lots of it too..got a bag of raspberries and that will be made into jam..thing is i get a kick out of doing it..and sticking my fingers up to the supermarkets..lol..
ReplyDeleteOur courgettes are through as are toms and squashes..still got more to do..we are praying for rain here..the lotties look like the sahara..
Never made apricot jam using dried apricots..might give it a go..as i love it and i'm the only one that does..so long as i don't make too much or i'll gorge and get sick of it..
take care
sara