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[piapiapiano]

It's time for the Southern Agricultural Show again. I have no chutney (we appear to have eaten it all) so I probably won't win any prizes this year. I've entered Plum & Mulled Wine Jam and Blackcurrant & Sloe Gin Jam in the jam class, and Apple Lemon & Lime Marmalade in the marmalade class. The other entries looked beautiful and sparkling and

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[leenielou]

I am so hungry now that it's untrue.

Beautiful photos, as ever :-) Sweet peas are so pretty! I used to LOVE them when I was little.

[piapiapiano]

When I think of all the delicious fruit and veg that I get to enjoy for two thirds of the year, I realise that all the back-breaking work is actually worth it.

And yes! Pretty is the exact right word for sweet peas. Mum never grew them in our garden, but I've come to love them since getting the allotment. The fragrance...

[bakednudel]

I'm speechless with awe! Thanks for sharing your bounty with us...sort of! I'm on my way to the farmers market and you have inspired me!

Are those blackcurrants in the white baskets? or do you have blueberries too?

[piapiapiano]

They're blackcurrants! I'd need to make a special bed with ericaceous compost for growing blueberries, and actually the hillsides over here are covered in blaeberries (similar to blueberries but smaller) so it's easier just to pick a pound or two of them when I get the urge.

[lozenger8]

Oh, wow. Amazing pictures, thank you.

[piapiapiano]

My pleasure.

[inkwolf_at_last]

Lovely!

You're lucky I'm not on the same continentl,or I'd have to pilfer some of those blackcurrants...and maybe even break into your home at the dead of night to make off with that sorbet!

[piapiapiano]

It makes me so sad that you can't have fresh blackcurrants where you are!

[inkwolf_at_last]

Thanks for the sympathy! It just makes blackcurrant stuff that much more of a treat when I can get my hands on it, though. ;)