Gooseberry trauma

Having cleared the overgrown blackberry bush on our new half plot, a very old gooseberry came to light. It was massive, very overgrown and neglected and almost certainly quite old. It was therefore an easy decision to dig it out and get rid rather than to try and rejuvenate it.

Whilst digging it out we came across two other bushes which I presume are self setters from the original. These were worth saving however so were given a good prune and potted on into John Innes number three until their new location is sorted. You can see how much growth was taken out when you compare the bottom two pictures.