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Healthy Vegan - Red Gooseberries and Wild Strawberries

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The weather in the UK is sweltering and  I have been spending quite a bit of time in the allotment garden plot  in my shorts - mostly weeding, but delighting in what has been a better year for me in relation to vegetable gardening.  I am getting there slowly and enjoying the fruits and vegetables of our labour. Here is a glimpse of some edible colours in my garden  Heavily scented red roses - I am drying some to garnish homemade cakes. A bowlful of red gooseberries. Wild strawberries and traditional strawberries . Not enough to make strawberry jam, but plenty to enjoy with yogurt, cream or in a pie!   Rocket also known as arugula growing well in pots.    More Lettuce from the garden Most of my broad beans got destroyed by black fly, I only managed to harvest a small pot. The potatoes were a bonus gift from last year and made for a lovely meal for two.  Rhubarb was the first vegetable we harvested from the garden and stalks h...