Summer fruits are very popular for making jams, fruit tarts and crumbles. They are also full of flavour all on their own!
Bee enjoying the blackberry nectar
Bee enjoying the blackberry nectar
Bee enjoying the blackberry nectar
The fresh jams are delicious! We use raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries and blackberries to make them. Fresh berries with cream is a favourite summer treat everywhere.
Rhubarb is another favourite. It ripens earlier in the summer. Did you know that it’s really a vegetable and not a fruit?
Berries usually ripen at the end of the summer. Birds and people all search for the juiciest ones. Remember that berries are important food for the birds as welll. Make sure to leave enough for them too!
Let’s have a closer look at some of these summer fruits (and rhubarb vegetable)!