Gooseberry Season
Gooseberries are can be very easy to grow in the garden and allotment. However they still are not such a popular fruit to grow. They are not an highly sought after fruit in the shops. One of the best countries to grow gooseberries in is the UK this is because it is just the right climate and the rain will help them produce great gooseberries. The gooseberry season in the UK is from May though to August.
The gooseberry season works like this, at the beginning of the gooseberry season you can pick your gooseberries and they will be tart but a great accompaniment for your pies and crumbles. As the gooseberry season moves on you will be picking dessert gooseberries this can actually be eaten raw and you won’t be squinting your face up as you eat them.
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You can get many varieties of gooseberry plant now. You can even get red gooseberries which are delicious to eat raw. These are sweet and you will find these a lot nicer than the green variety of gooseberry.
You can actually freeze gooseberries as they will not last ages once picked like any other berry they will only last a couple of days at the most. To freeze gooseberries first give them a through wash. Pat down the gooseberries with a clean towel to dry them off. Lay them all out on a baking tray and freeze. Once they have been frozen you can transfer them to an airtight container and freeze them for up to one year. You can then help yourself to them when ever you fancy a few – they will soon defrost at room temperature. The reason why you freeze them first on a baking tray rather than shoving them all straight in a box is that they will all stick together if you put them straight in a box.
We hope you have found these tips on gooseberry season useful. You can find out more tips on gooseberries here.