Summer gardening

ummer, the season we all look forward to the most, and in which we and our gardens relish life. Picnics in the park, long strolls, and late light evenings, are just some of the joys to make the most of now. In the garden, it is our plant’s time to shine too, with some crops only being able to make fruit at this time of year such as tomatoes and others like basil being able to grow outside of a hot house now. The bees are very busy at this time of year, and you can be too. Not only can you keep busy harvesting summer crops now, but you also may like to find time to process and preserve excess produce in the form of chutneys and jams to keep a jar of summer in the pantry to open on a winter’s day