2023 - August Review

I'm not on top of it or particularly organised. The fruit cage, for example is just like a jungle. We had 3 little visitors in July, oldest 9, who thought it was a great place to play, where they could just put up their hands and pick loads of sweet cherries and the red/blackcurrants were growing everywhere and also fully ripe with lots of raspberries as well. I had intended to cut the currants back last winter but I think I only half did the job as they are just a thicket now. In the hot spell, I did water the raspberries once then gave them a thick mulch of grass mowings, which was all that was needed for a reasonable early crop of Joan J.

I keep a gardening spreadsheet of when I do things but it is not complete as I often go to see when something happened in previous years but it is absent.

One plant that has really impressed me is this with 3 vines climbing round a 6x8 greenhouse. You can't easily see the furthest vine that is behind the leaves in the centre, as are 2 rather large loofahs.