One of my favorite places in Sussex is Roundstone Pick Your Own Farm…and as always the act of ‘picking’ became a little obsessive.
Its such a brilliant place to take children too, as they can run for miles and not be out of sight and also taste the vegetables which they’re helping to pick.
I’ve never eaten a purple Kohlrabi before ( the one I pulled up is probably big enough to last the whole Summer! ) but I completely fell in love with how beautiful it looked and then I just couldn’t leave without a red cabbage…
…sweet peas, mange tout ( which squeak )
…cauliflower, broccoli and broad beans ( which smell like my Granny’s broad beans )
…courgettes
…early plums
…beetroot, camomile, carrots ( which make the best popping sound when you pull them out )
…rasperries
…and rhubarb
I didn’t manage to get to the strawberries, blackcurrents, tayberries or runner beans, but I’ll be going back over the Summer for them, as well as savoy cabbage, gooseberries and blackberries and then pumpkins, plums and marrows in the Autumn…