Feeling fruity?

Regular readers of my blog will know that we have some 18 blueberry bushes planted directly into the ground on my plot. They get treated twice a year to some sulphate of iron and other than that they are pretty much left to it. Its a policy that seems to work as they are all hanging with fruit. We get an added bonus as they are underplanted with cranberries and come Christmas time they come into their own for cranberry sauce.

Also in the fruit cage our Red currants are starting to ripen already and a fair bit earlier than last year although the birds got most mainly due to the fruit cage having no netting on it. The blackbirds were rolling about laughing, stuffed fuller than a fat birds shoe with my currants.

The last piccie shows one of our outdoor grape vines. We have two in the tunnels and two on arches, all are hanging with bunches of fruit, so much so that I have had to cut quite a few out. Hopefully the blackbirds will leave a few of the outside ones for us.

OR ELSE.