Tuesday 13th March
There's much to do on the plot so I had to prioritise. After emptying the kitchen waste and the first bag of grass cuttings of the year from a neighbour, I went straight to collect the canes from the shed. I first needed to hammer in the posts to firm them up so I fetched the thumper and installed all the posts I needed for blackberries and raspberries - and the runner beans. I then cut the bottoms of plastic bottles to be caps to these posts. However, I found I had left the stapler at home so had to collect them all to store in the shed until I can fix them on the posts so the wind won't blow them off.
I fixed a few more screws to rest 3 canes on and wired them on between the posts and then tied the six remaining vines along them.
There was a mountain of prunings that will have to be taken to the tip which can be seen in the foreground in front of the lovely tidy gooseberries and blackberries.
There's much to do on the plot so I had to prioritise. After emptying the kitchen waste and the first bag of grass cuttings of the year from a neighbour, I went straight to collect the canes from the shed. I first needed to hammer in the posts to firm them up so I fetched the thumper and installed all the posts I needed for blackberries and raspberries - and the runner beans. I then cut the bottoms of plastic bottles to be caps to these posts. However, I found I had left the stapler at home so had to collect them all to store in the shed until I can fix them on the posts so the wind won't blow them off.
I fixed a few more screws to rest 3 canes on and wired them on between the posts and then tied the six remaining vines along them.
There was a mountain of prunings that will have to be taken to the tip which can be seen in the foreground in front of the lovely tidy gooseberries and blackberries.
Thank goodness they are thornless! - And I still need to dig out several shoots where the stems have touched the ground and rooted.
Finally I harvested some Brussels leaving enough for 3 or 4 more meals, though the end plant which was always rather weedy has started producing small buttons that are getting larger. I then picked a tip from each of the curly kale plants giving enough for a meal of tender small leaves without any whitefly!
Finally I harvested some Brussels leaving enough for 3 or 4 more meals, though the end plant which was always rather weedy has started producing small buttons that are getting larger. I then picked a tip from each of the curly kale plants giving enough for a meal of tender small leaves without any whitefly!
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