For years allotments were out of favour. No-one wanted them, and patches of mud with a shed at one end and weeds everywhere else went to waste. Then suddenly gardening became the new rock and roll, and everyone who didn't want to dig up their lawn wanted their own council-run patch of mud. The waiting lists grew faster than the cabbages. Now, after more than three years on a waiting list, Neil Shaw has been given his own patch of green and pleasant land.

Monday 29 June 2009

A fool and his gooseberries are soon parted

Hour on the plot on Sunday morning ripping out vegetation - and this time it didn't go straight to the tip.

Thanks to the netting and a contraption made from canes and bottles the fruit is safe, and I managed to harvest a kilo of gooseberries and half a kilo of raspberries.

Some of the raspberries made it to the freezer, while our one-year-old ate the majority.

The gooseberries had a quick wash, topped and tailed, simmered for half an hour in water with a little sugar then mashed and mixed with custard and cream to make a gooseberry fool.

Awesome end to our Sunday lunch with friends.

Now to start planning what to do with all those apples.
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