Summer Stock Sunday

I love the summer harvest, with its promises of jam, tarts, salads.

The fact that trees have gone from this...

to this..

All these guys need is a little more sunshine, then we'll have the preserving pot out, and all systems go! They ripen only to yellow, but they are sweet, especially when you add jam sugar!

I'm not sure what this purple-sprouting broccolli needs, I haven't seen one floret yet, although I have been eating some of the leaves.

I love the flowers on this mangetout,

but wonder does the "tout" include the flowers?

I have munched some pods, and they were delicious.

But I'd be lying if I didn't tell you that these are my favourites...

and that I'm SO thrilled with the little terracotta label I found in a diy store.

I know, the only thing blue about these berries is the pot, but they are beginning to ripen, we had 4 blue ones so far, and they tasted great. The birds got most off one bush, but this little 2 y/o is doing well.

This is the first year we've had apples on this tree, do you think they're eating or cooking apples? Its sister produced a few last year, and they were cookers. I'm hoping these are eating apples, but I'm up for making a few tarts if not.

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