Flaming June!

It depends where you put the emphasis as to how you feel about this…. Right now we have a very dark evening and thunder rumbling overhead. I found myself saying to the cats – “It looks like rain in cherry blossom lane! “, am I the only person who recites poetry to animals…probably not. However June has not been kind to us in the far east of Suffolk. There was far too much rain for too long, then too much hot sun so that some plants rotted and others just didn’t take off. Most disappointing has been the asparagus – just a few spears early on and nothing since. There are some very impressive fields to the west of us and whilst I’ve never seen anyone cutting the spears (probably because they get up before me 😉 ) by the autumn there are swathes of fern swaying in the breeze. Just beautiful. I’ve found that one of the best ways to serve it is to roast it for 10 minutes – nestled between sausages or in a tray with olive oil and pepper. Delicious. Worth persevering for sure. Now the heavens have opened and we are inundated. So much for flaming June !