Summer 2006
Now the shop is brimming with broad beans, beetroot, climbing french beans, courgettes yellow and green, lettuces, potatoes that melt in the mouth, tomatoes; sun gold, gardeners delight and our old favourites black russian. Black and red currants, raspberries, strawberries and gooseberries are coming in from the garden and going out again at enormous speed. And phlox, sweet peas, zinnias, rudbeckia and dahlias are starting to be bunched for sale.
This must surely by one of the most exciting times in the english kitchen garden - our cooks in the cafe are at last spoilt for choice after a long hungry gap.
