The treasure in allotments

My Dutch family are visiting this weekend and have brought beautiful fresh fruit and veg from the allotment, you can take an Englishman away from England, but you can’t get him away from his allotment! Courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes and the most amazing potatoes, varieties in red and white. Fresh food straight from fork to the table and shared with friends and family, you can’t beat it. Steamed the potatoes, served with a knob of butter and a twist of salt and black pepper. Courgettes added to meat on a kebab, crisp cucumber and juicy tomatoes in the salad, lovely. We are growing tomatoes for the first time, plenty of flowers on the plants so hopefully we will soon be picking ripe toms just outside the kitchen door, added to my fresh herbs, grown on the sunny windowsill, a little olive oil and some feta cheese, they will make a delicious salad. Rapeseed oil is a nice alternative with goats cheese supplied by Lowna Dairy, From Toms farm, just down the road.