8 July 2007
Respite
Yesterday and today have seen a break in the weather. We took full advantage by lazing in bed half the weekend, only venturing out briefly to cut back the hedge, mow the lawn (until the lawnmower gave up the ghost part way through) and to have a mini-barbecue. When summer is as fleeting as this, you have to make the most of it. Sure enough, having taken refuge inside from the excessive heat (there is no shade in our garden), the rain started up again.
The strawberries continue to offer up so much fruit that we are tempted to create our very own bizarre messy summer ritual and throw them at unsuspecting passersby. I quite fancy doing that irrespective of the glut of fruit, but I am learning to control my antisocial tendencies. Instead, today’s harvest was used to create a rich and fruity strawberry ice cream that is frozen bliss.
Whether or not we’re having the right weather for ice cream is another thing entirely.
Filed under: Harvest, Seasons - summer — Clare @ 6:51 pm
The strawberry icecream sounds delicious - do you have a recipe? The strawberry throwing sounds fun but a waste of good strawberries! What is the plant in the photograph - it is intriguing and unusual.
Sara from farmingfriends
(08.07.07 @ 10:29 pm)
Hi Sara - Not really a recipe for the ice cream, I pretty much make it up as I go along. But I do make it in an ice cream maker - I’ll scribble some thoughts down and get back to you. As for the plant, it’s some kind of very large ornamental grass that sent up a spike of flowers this year. I’ve lost the label and so far haven’t been able to track down exactly what it is. Sorry.
(09.07.07 @ 8:33 am)
Hi Clare,
No worries about the flower or recipe. Would you recommend an icecream maker?
Sara from farmingfriends
(09.07.07 @ 8:31 pm)