Weather’s frightful, garden’s delightful

They say that every grey cloud has a silver lining, and perhaps, so too will every weather-beaten vegetable garden have its bountiful beds.

Despite the scarcity of sunshine, blackcurrants, redcurrants, and raspberries have ripened, and vegetable-growing enthusiasts are munching through an abundance of lettuce, chard, scallions, white turnips, peas, radish, courgettes, herbs, and broadbeans.

It’s reassuring to know that despite the lack of a summer, certain fruits and vegetables grow well and yield, when all other variables are agreeable. As crops mature, check and harvest regularly, ensuring to pick your produce when in its prime, before the slugs, rabbits, birds, and other villains beat you to it.