We've made a second batch of cordial. This time it's strawberry, rhubarb and lemon verbena. The lemon verbena was added last minute as Joe decided it didn't have enough kick. The strawberry pulp tastes delicious. We'll have to wait for it to cool before we can give it the thumbs up. Joe is already unconvinced. This, I think, is partly because we've harvested all the strawberries (for now) and thus he can't sneak off and gorge on them this afternoon. It turns out that what he's being doing most afternoons.
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Yesterday the swallows took to the sky with such a chorus that all filming stopped to take note. I now know why.
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We've made a delicious elderflower and strawberry cordial. We used Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace' so it's a delightful pink and tastes exactly like summer should.
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Gardeners' World Live was fun, but very exhausting. That and one too many late nights this week and I can barely stand up. I pledge never to drink both whiskey sours and Tom Collins together again, ever. . . well not for the rest of this week at least.
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What we are harvesting: spinach, cca kale, wet garlic (it's got rust so we've had to harvest early to avoid spreading it to the soft neck garlic), five different varieties of lettuce, peas, turnips, spring cabbage, rocket, mibuna, mizuna, radishes and garlic chives.
Looking forward to: new potatoes, broad beans, more peas and kohl rabi.
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