July is one of the best times of the year regarding the amount of crops that are ready to be harvested. The strawberries will just be finishing but the raspberries will be in full swing and blackberries are just around the corner.

The first courgettes will need picking whilst they are young and ripe and don’t forget to use the flowers as they are great stuffed with soft cheese and lightly battered. Early potatoes will feature heavily now on your menu and when mixed with some spring onions, chopped parsley and home made mayonnaise they are great a potato salad.

All your the leaf vegetables will now be big enough to pick such as wild rocket, and cut and come again lettuces. The more you cut them the more tender new growth you will get.

Don’t forget to use all the veg whilst it is young and tender. The taste will be much better than you get in supermarkets.