Allotment

The bounty from the allotment is fading. We still have tomatoes, sweet corn and loads of raspberries. For the first time we have enough for actually freezing them and making jam. The kale is growing fast and i can't wait to have my favourite kale salad of all time from Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair


Treasures left by the 'alottment fairy'. Gifts we have had so far include, bouncy ball, scooter, a plastic knight, a Bob the builder crane.

Carrots, finally. The reason for keeping an allottment.

The kids love sweetcorn Also raspberries as you can see from her cheek.

Summer in the UK

Barbeque at the allotment. Man tager vad man haver...basically you just use what you've got and at the alottment we have all sorts of stuff that we pick out of skips. The bbq itself was made of 'found' things. Worked perfectly. The roll up beach mat was another. Warm evening, smoky sausages, cold beer, being together enjoying picking raspberries straight off the bush for dessert. Lovely summer memories to treasure.

Clara off to the water trough as usual.....it's a bit of a worry as she runs up there in the blink of an eye....

Chard, chard and more chard.

Grilled marshmallow. yum.

green...

I love cooking fresh food for Alvar that requires minimum amount of preparation.
This evening we walked back from the alottment where we had picked one courgette, two large handfuls of french beans, a beaker of blackberries and some mint. I steamed the vegetables, mixed them with olive oil, lemon juice and mint and stirred the blackberries into some Greek yogurt and Alvar ate it whilst studying the planes and pigeons flying past the window. The evening was so warm and still and the sunshine a bit hazy. Beautiful.