10 July 2005

Molto gustoso

A fabulous day today, but too hot to do anything strenuous so I’m popping out to the garden for a spot of work, coming in again when I get too hot, then going out again when the lure of the sunshine becomes irresistible. It like a suburban version of the hokey-cokey.

I have been enjoying the broad beans I picked the other day. There are still loads left so it’s broad beans with every meal at the moment. But I’m not complaining. They are so tender and green and delicious. And ever so slightly sweet. They’re like meatier peas, only nicer than that makes them sound.

On Friday I came home from the plot with an impromptu harvest of soft fruit. One of the now abandoned plots has a wild and overgrown fruit bed that no-one else has ventured near. Feeling adventurous (and, if I’m honest, avoiding some hand weeding) I went to investigate and was overjoyed to discover burgeoning stems of raspberries, jostaberries and redcurrants just begging to be picked and enjoyed. How could I possibly have refused such a cry for help? I felt a bit naughty taking produce from a plot other than my own, but as no-one ‘owns’ it at present it’s either me or the birds. Besides, the feeling of furtiveness made it all the more fun and I helped myself to enough to make a very generous dessert that evening.

And the summer fruit fool I made from them? Delizioso!

Filed under: Enthusings — Clare @ 2:01 pm