We are in the middle of the prime growing season and are virtually self sufficient in vegetables (some more than others). Again we seem to have a surplus of courgettes, so we are having these all the time. Luckily Sue has a good recipe for an apple and courgette chutney.
We had a few failures early in the season when we had a cool, wet spell. The onions and garlic did not develop, as they should have. Many were smaller than usual and some became rotten. On the other hand the rain did give the root vegetables a boost and we have had some great potatoes and beetroot.
This year we have been able to grow some more exotic crops (for UK anyway), such as peppers, chillies and aubergine. We have one aubergine at the moment, and the chilli plants are a good size and full of flower. We have had some of the peppers - we had to pick them slightly early as some little pest has been having a nibble (a liberal dosing of natural pest deterrent should fix that).
Last night we had one of my favourite recipes that includes loads of veggies - roast chicken & veggies. It included courgette (naturally), onion, peppers, butternut squash (our first home grown), potatoes, garlic, tomatoes and mushrooms (about the only thing, apart from the chicken, that was not home-grown). All chopped up in a roasting pan and drizzled with chilli oil. Afterwards we had blackberry crumble.
There are quite a few crops that we are looking forward to picking soon like celery and sweetcorn (nothing better than fresh corn cooked and covered in butter).
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