Blackcurrants and other produce ...

The blackcurrants are ready and we have lots of them:

We have been picking them in installments as they are a pain to harvest and take ages to de-stalk. I have had some help though:

We have frozen them in 260-270g portions, which provides us with a 3 or 4 person serving of stewed blackcurrants (our favourite way of eating them). So far we have harvested approx 1 kilo off each bush:

... and we have only harvested 2.5 plants!
In other news, we have a steady stream of (purple) french beans, courgettes, mangetouts,  as well as the first beetroot and all the "Red Gourmet" shallots:

The banana shallots are also ready (the tops have died back) so will be harvested soon...