It's that time of year when the garden starts to produce lots of lovely goodies; not just for us but the wildlife too!
We have lots of cabbage, some new potatoes and courgettes to eat.
Also lots of gooseberries - I love sitting in the sun to top and tail gooseberries it reminds me of when I was a child and my job was to sit on the back steps and top and tail the gooseberries or pod the fresh garden peas into a colander ready for Sunday lunch. I always had to move for a while so Dad could sharpen the carving knife on the step ready to carve the Sunday joint.
We've already made gooseberry jam as well as a gooseberry crumble or two.
The tomatoes are ripening in the greenhouse or on our kitchen windowsill when they fall of the plants a little early.
Yesterday we collected enough blackcurrants to make both jam and cordial. 
I also made some apricot conserve with some cheap apricots I saw in the supermarket. The cupboard is beginning to fill with enough jams and jellies to take us through to next year and to provide us with little gifts for people too.
