Saturday 4 February 2012

Today's harvest

Tomatoes galore! A bowl of crab apples - the kind you can actually eat as they are! Chillies, a zucchini and cucumber.Approx. 10kg of apples (Abbas).A whole basket of basil (Sweet & Lettuce Leaf).I love this time of the year, when there is so much to harvest. And the decisions, how best to preserve the bounty for leaner times. :)

5 comments:

Sue Garrett said...

Crab apples that you can eat raw - what sort are they?

Veggie Gnome said...

John Downie. Very heavy-bearing tree. Hardy. From the UK, as far as I know. Really pretty with all the small fruit on it. :)

Sue Garrett said...

That's the variety we have in our garden but I've never tried eating them raw - maybe I should!

Veggie Gnome said...

I only tried it as it was sold to me as a crabapple that you can eat. What do you do with your crabapples? Jelly, paste?

Sue Garrett said...

WE have made jelly with them but to be honest we haven't used any for a few years as we don't make jams and jellies any more so really the blackbirds have them