<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://veggies-only.blogspot.com/2010/07/fruits-of-summer.html">Click here to read the article in full</a> Blog posts are coming thick and fast at the moment. So much is happening on my patch, it is the time of year when the garden is most productive.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV3QRcbe2I/AAAAAAAADo8/2IhDH6SWfug/s1600/DSC07747.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491426442092444514" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV3QRcbe2I/AAAAAAAADo8/2IhDH6SWfug/s400/DSC07747.JPG" /></a> All this soft fruit is ready all at once. Collectively known here as <strong>'Summer Fruits'</strong> I think a spoonful of this is headed into a smoothie (I'm not a great fan!) the rest will, of course, be put into a Summer Pudding.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV1weZrzkI/AAAAAAAADo0/7XFjKgaPKh8/s1600/DSC07742.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491424796303150658" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV1weZrzkI/AAAAAAAADo0/7XFjKgaPKh8/s400/DSC07742.JPG" /></a> Loganberries are amazing! Just once a year I cut back the current year's shoots and tie in next years. About 10 minutes work and that's all I have to do in a whole year! These loganberries are growing in a shady corner under the bramley tree so the birds haven't discovered them yet.<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV1hDxzMjI/AAAAAAAADos/CjZw1GtYzo8/s1600/DSC07743.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491424531458503218" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV1hDxzMjI/AAAAAAAADos/CjZw1GtYzo8/s400/DSC07743.JPG" /></a> The <strong><em>Loganberry </em></strong>is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry. It was originaly bred by an American Lawyer <strong><em>James Harvey Logan</em></strong> in the early 20th century. Until now I thought that it was usually too sharp to eat raw, and I always cooked them. Until yesterday... I had forgotten these and they have stayed on the stem and properly ripened to a darker pink colour. The taste is wonderfully sweet and rich! Not all of them survived to be cooked!!<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV1QxntDCI/AAAAAAAADok/ud_LjaSufp0/s1600/DSC07745.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491424251706412066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV1QxntDCI/AAAAAAAADok/ud_LjaSufp0/s400/DSC07745.JPG" /></a> I have just a few small strawberries left, gooseberries are not good this year due to sawfly and drought. Raspberries are brilliant because I have been making sure they are well watered. Blackcurrants are good because they enjoyed the cold Winter, as did the redcurrants.<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV0_WXoWXI/AAAAAAAADoc/4ZF5mzaEz_E/s1600/DSC07746.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491423952333461874" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/TDV0_WXoWXI/AAAAAAAADoc/4ZF5mzaEz_E/s400/DSC07746.JPG" /></a> I just picked these over, gave them a very short rinse and with a spoonful of sugar put them in the microwave for just 5 minutes. Heaven!</div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28615441-7530902101228857864?l=veggies-only.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
