We're just back from a camping trip to the Yorkshire Dales. We stayed at a fantastic site not far from Appletreewick called Howgill Lodge. The midges were a bit fierce, but they were the only downside. A couple of stormy downpours, but otherwise beautiful sunny weather. Close enough to Appletreewick that we could walk there along the lovely River Wharfe and enjoy a pint or two of Black Sheep in the excellent New Inn.
We were lucky to have someone who popped round to do some watering in the garden while we were away, as things are moving on apace. The first ripe loganberries are appearing:
- so it's great to think we'll be having some soft fruit soon. There's a great recipe for a soft-set loganberry jam which we used last year. We've had our first two (!) decent crops of broad beans too. There is nothing like really fresh broad beans. They go really well in salads with cheese (especially goats cheese), bacon, mint, just about anything really. It looks like blackfly is going to be a bit of a problem this summer, which could affect the later broad beans we planted. So next year we must do even more earlies.
The plum tree has needed a bit of work over the last couple of days too. June or early July is the best time to prune as it's less susceptible to silver leaf. Hopefully that went ok. And at the same time more thinning out of the fruitlets, otherwise the entire tree will collapse under the weight!
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