Caitríona Redmond: Preserving summer fruits - including gooseberries for my curd recipe

"The summer berries are finally beginning to ripen and it is all hands on deck in our house to harvest and preserve some of our favourite crops."

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You might wonder what preserving fruit has got to do with living on a budget. Have you seen the price of fresh or frozen berries recently? 

For the next several months we will be harvesting and using as many of the berries that we can pick from our allotment, the dark back garden, and local hedgerows.