Soft fruit harvests - How has yours been?

[Garjan]

Hi Tuinman
Are your tomatoes in a greenhouse? If they are outside there is definitely a climate change going on. At your place (north of the Netherlands, at the coast) it is normally a few degrees colder than where I am (centre, sheltered by the Utrecht Hills).
My tomatoes are outside and not nearly that far. The flowers have just fallen off, but there is not a swelling in sight. And yours are getting their suntan already. They look well taken care of.

Hi emmy1978
Thanks for the icecream recipe. Fresh fruits and icecream combined, a winning combination!
In return a recipe for a strawberry and basil sorbet. It is rather unusual, but the basil and strawberries make a great combination. Very elegant.

3 spoons sugar
6 basil leaves
750 gr strawberries
7 spoons balsamico vinegar

Dissolve the sugar in 100 ml boiling water.
Cut 2 basil leaves in strips.
Clean the strawberries and mash them.
Spoon the sugar sirup, the vinegar and the strips of basil in the strawberry puree.
Put the mixture in a container and freeze for 4 hours. Spoon through every hour.

[Garjan]

[tuinman]

They are in the greenhouse, they don't fruit so good outside here.

[Garjan]

So it's not me! Thank you for this little ego boost.

[jennym]

Hey tuinman, those gooseberries do look good, they obviously survived and more. Envious of the toms, mine are only just starting to flower  :)

[ruffmeister]

just making a gooseberry pie right now hmmmmm