Fresh Fruit Trifle

 We were lucky enough to have our family here for Christmas, many of whom are excellent cooks and were happy to use garden produce to create dishes for us all.

 This one was an Anglo- Italian trifle using fresh blackberries and raspberries from the garden.

 The lemon syrup that was used was made from lemons from another family member's garden.

The finished trifle was the best that we have ever had and will now become part of our family tradition,luckily the blackberry plants are full of fruit at this time of the year.

Raspberries - First Crop

We have our first crop of Raspberries appearing, cannot wait to try them. At this stage they are in a pot and tied up to an old pool fence. I was not sire how this would work, but judging from the crop, it is working very well. The Mulberry tree has just finished fruiting, and I picked the first Blackberry today, so it looks like we well have access to berries for a while, lucky us!