Apparently they taste even yummier than their red sisters & as an autumn fruiting crop they should provide me with an alternative source of fresh fruit late in the jam season.
I'm quite excited about the prospect of making jam with these although will my buying public be willing to accept yellow raspberry jam?
That remains to be seen & I can't help worrying that the final colour may turn out to be an odd mustard ochre rather than the liquid gold that my heart imagines!
Anyway, they're in the allotment now so there's no going back.
I'm looking forward to harvesting the first of our broad beans later this month. It's not a veg I'm particularly keen on but after being resssured that the fresh & young beans are so much better tasting I've taken a gamble. I have a recipe for Broad Bean Pesto that I want to try and some lovely small pots to put it in to sell if the recipe works.
I suppose if all else fails I can add another table to out market stall & sell the beans as a crop otherwise it's broad bean risotto for the rest of the summer.
I'm abandoning the home garden for 2 weeks, leaving it in the capable picking hands of my youngest, although where she'll find room in the freezer I don't know! (I think the time to invest in a chest freezer is rapidly approaching) We're off on holiday & I'm just hoping that she doesn't become lost amongst the cabbages while we are away.
They seem to have taken on giant proportions but I like to think that by the time we get back they'll have finished stretching their wings and will be learning to curl inwards into neat heads.
If I can't find Tilly when we return it'll be the first place I look!
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