Fruit
The wonderful Vic and John B have donated even more damsons to the Team Peach cause this week. Another 3kg/6.6lb! Thanks again Team B! :) John’s happy with his three gallons of wine so these are definitely destined for jam. Or maybe damson cheese… To my recipe folder!
I spent what felt like all Saturday but was actually just four hours in the garden – it seems I’ve lost some stamina over the winter! It was hard work and I ached in the evening but I finally got all our fruit bushes in the ground. Well, fruit sticks which will hopefully one day [...]
A few days ago, someone started a discussion on UK Veg Gardeners about themes for the year: “2011 is the “Year of the Raised Bed”. Last year was “Year of the Redcurrant Protector” (not a very snappy title I admit!) and 2009 “Year of the Shed” (much more successful).” I replied that for us, 2011 [...]
I’ve just posted this question over at UKVegGardeners but thought I’d post it here too – all suggestions very gratefully received! I’ve not really grown any fruit before but have big plans for 2011 (don’t we all?). As well as getting some (currently on order) trees in and containers of soft berries etc, I’ve had [...]
Continue reading about Fruit bushes/trees to make a living fence?
Having missed the window last year, we are keen to get some fruit trees plants this autumn – but it’s not as easy as we thought it would be. The difficulty is partly, mostly our own fault of course. We could buy misc off-the-shelf trees from a garden centre but since we’ve only really got [...]
Continue reading about Picking fruit trees – what to choose?
So last week, we went fishing for fruit on the mystery fruit tree outside our kitchen window. We collected 5.5kg of the plum-ish fruit, probably sacrificed as much the floor gods, and there is still a fair bit up there (albeit not terribly accessible). We’re not sure if they’re wild plum or cherry plum as [...]
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