Red jelly berry

Although the blackcurrant season is fairly short, redcurrants hang around for ages. It's a constant reminder to make time to pick enough for a jar of jelly, or at least squirrel some away in the freezer.

Berryred

Berryfull

Plenty

Tiny jewels

Tiny jewels fit for a summer pudding or storing at the back of the freezer to make redcurrant jelly or to colour and flavour alcoholic beverages.

Current currant current

Beanfeast

Redambergreen

Lots of redcurrants and gooseberries to harvest and the first of the cherry tomatoes.

Soft fruit relay

As the strawberry season comes to an end there are blackcurrants, redcurrants and gooseberries to harvest.

Berry busy

Glass half full

Half a glass of redcurrants; they're so time consuming to pick, especially after you've already spent an hour bending and stretching to pick strawberries, but unlike strawberries, they don't demand to be picked lest they disintegrate into a squishy mess nor are they preyed upon by wee beasties.

Currant berries

Berried

Shoots & Leaves

Comfrey


Redcurrant

Ribes rubrum

Purple Yellow & Red

Berry Green

First gooseberries on this two year old bush.



Redcurrants waiting for the sun.

Red White & Purple

Red currant flowers



Victoria plum blossom



Sprouting broccoli

Jam Session

Spent an hour this morning with my head in the fruit bushes before a jam session at home.

Season's Eatings