tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post1583156462042758487..comments2023-07-07T10:58:26.789+01:00Comments on The Good Life: FruityJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-28549077696523117862014-02-02T17:07:34.463+00:002014-02-02T17:07:34.463+00:00We've been really lucky with the amount of fru...We've been really lucky with the amount of fruit left behind on the plot. That's interesting to know about backcurrants, I shall be smelling all the leaves once they've grown again.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-58212775986900977282014-02-02T15:25:21.288+00:002014-02-02T15:25:21.288+00:00How lucky for you in inheriting all those fruit bu...How lucky for you in inheriting all those fruit bushes and as you said you will be supplementing them with your own. The only thing I can say about telling whether black, red or white currants is when they are in leaf the blackcurrant leaves smell delicious of blackcurrant, you can make a sorbet from the leaves. Annie_Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03140041665657746319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-35210270342781679292014-01-30T08:59:19.288+00:002014-01-30T08:59:19.288+00:00I may need to replace the strawberry bed, but I th...I may need to replace the strawberry bed, but I think that's about it for fruit. It means I can concentrate on the veggies. I can see jam in my future too with all that fruit, I'll have to use it up somehow.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-67031886430052945212014-01-29T19:21:20.909+00:002014-01-29T19:21:20.909+00:00You hardly need to plant anything, with all that &...You hardly need to plant anything, with all that "Legacy"! I see jam in your future...Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-53030133708881405322014-01-29T13:33:34.410+00:002014-01-29T13:33:34.410+00:00I'm looking forward to finding out what everyt...I'm looking forward to finding out what everything is, especially that big bush. I can't wait to make some rhubarb crumbles, it looks like I'll have enough rhubarb to make plenty.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-51377672552703653482014-01-29T11:11:01.669+00:002014-01-29T11:11:01.669+00:00I always think having a new garden or allotment is...I always think having a new garden or allotment is so exciting....you just don't know what's going to grow. Sounds like you'll have a lot of fun watching what those fruit bushes become.Lovely. Oh you lucky thing getting a free rhubarb, I'm surprised to see it coming up, no sign of mine at all. It is very mild though.xxxSnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-53918447339019872562014-01-29T09:33:11.217+00:002014-01-29T09:33:11.217+00:00We've done so well to inherit a plot with so m...We've done so well to inherit a plot with so much fruit already planted on it. I'm currently reading up on all the fruit I've got to take care of as I haven't the first clue about it, but as you say, I'm sure I'll get used to it.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-40619771398847944842014-01-29T09:31:03.295+00:002014-01-29T09:31:03.295+00:00I don't know which rhubarb variety or varietie...I don't know which rhubarb variety or varieties are on my plot, so the same thing could very well happen to me. I've never grown raspberries before, and to be honest, I've not very fond of them, but I'm still looking forward to getting a crop from them. Mick and Eleanor like them, so they won't go to waste. Fingers crossed that we both get a bumper crop from our fruit this year.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-59811129657224048482014-01-28T21:23:04.825+00:002014-01-28T21:23:04.825+00:00Wow, that's alot of fruit. Hope you get fab ha...Wow, that's alot of fruit. Hope you get fab harvests this year. I always think of fruit as a little confusing to care for but surely it just takes getting used to it. I'd love to expand and grow more fruit, maybe some day in the future.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-43703996333543381932014-01-28T19:47:10.313+00:002014-01-28T19:47:10.313+00:00When I bought in rhubarb plants they turned out to...When I bought in rhubarb plants they turned out to be the very same variety as the one I had inherited on out plot! <br /><br /> It's year two on my raspberry planting so I am hoping for the first crop on my Glen Ample and Glen Moy canes. No yellow varieties though. I've pruned back my blackcurrant (severely) redcurrant and gooseberry bushes (not so severely) too. So hoping for a bumper year. Here's hoping.Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-3421115354101779392014-01-28T14:49:31.412+00:002014-01-28T14:49:31.412+00:00We've been so lucky with our new plot, our old...We've been so lucky with our new plot, our old one had nothing left on it at all when we took it on so quite a difference. The soil at the new plot looks to drain quite well, different again from the old plot which used to have standing water.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-5563205552922216742014-01-28T14:47:16.868+00:002014-01-28T14:47:16.868+00:00I'm hoping that everything goes on to produce ...I'm hoping that everything goes on to produce well. I didn't have much fruit on my old plot so I've gone from barely nothing to quite a bit, I just need to learn how to look after it all now.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-20500114695500158322014-01-28T14:41:59.267+00:002014-01-28T14:41:59.267+00:00You've really taken on an excellent plot there...You've really taken on an excellent plot there, Jo. It'll be fun seeing what appears over the coming year. I'd love to be able to get up to ours and get started but it's like a quagmire up there and it's raining again. It's going to take such a long time for it to dry out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-86080332487776971162014-01-28T13:53:32.664+00:002014-01-28T13:53:32.664+00:00You can't beat plenty of fruit Jo. I have quit...You can't beat plenty of fruit Jo. I have quite a bit on my main plot and have been planting up more on the bee plot to make it very low maintenance,...it really is to be more of an orchard/herb garden than veggies so that there will be very little disturbance to the bees. I can't wait to see how well the new ones produce. Here's hoping we have a great fruity year!!Tanya.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08436595615435609755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-81968166971972519932014-01-28T10:59:16.012+00:002014-01-28T10:59:16.012+00:00I think we'll be spoilt for choice when it all...I think we'll be spoilt for choice when it all starts producing. Strawberries are my favourites so I hope they do ok, but you never can tell, I may have to put a new bed in next year.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-78387722181826986032014-01-28T10:57:03.393+00:002014-01-28T10:57:03.393+00:00We've been very lucky having all these fruit b...We've been very lucky having all these fruit bushes left on the plot we've taken on. Thank you for your good luck wishes, I shall pop over to your blog to have a look. I hope we both do really well on our new plots.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-18662590307025901252014-01-28T10:50:57.614+00:002014-01-28T10:50:57.614+00:00I hope so. I don't think I'll know what to...I hope so. I don't think I'll know what to do with it all, I've only seriously grown strawberries in the past but if everything on the plot produces some fruit we'll be eating it all summer.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-83855311572238198062014-01-28T10:48:46.465+00:002014-01-28T10:48:46.465+00:00A full size plot is usually around 250 square metr...A full size plot is usually around 250 square metres or 300 square yards, however, the waiting lists for an allotment are so long over here that many sites now issue half plots in order to reduce the time it takes to acquire a plot. My plot is about two thirds of the normal size, though I haven't actually measured it, I'll have to do that. It's great that you've got somewhere to grow veggies, even if it is a small space.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-38288453538897662142014-01-27T21:21:05.145+00:002014-01-27T21:21:05.145+00:00What a fantastic variety of fruit you've inher...What a fantastic variety of fruit you've inherited. And it will be quite exciting to see what some of it is. I've got some Glen Ample raspberries and they're wonderful. When I took over my plot I had strawberries that looked a lot like yours, but they didn't do anything at all. As soon as there's a dry spell they'll be coming out. I hope yours do better, it's always worth giving them a year to see if they are productive.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-21542252969402882762014-01-27T21:14:52.728+00:002014-01-27T21:14:52.728+00:00Wow, that is a dream!! Very nice fruit trees and b...Wow, that is a dream!! Very nice fruit trees and bushes I have always wondered of:) Good luck with your new allotment (I have a new one too, so I will gather inspiration from your posts)! You may explore my website: www.zahradavsrdci.weebly.com :)Dominika Naskováhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797617519385305318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-10560717495382894962014-01-27T21:08:34.597+00:002014-01-27T21:08:34.597+00:00Oh Jo what a treasure trove of fruit you've in...Oh Jo what a treasure trove of fruit you've inherited. There are going to be lots of pies, crumbles, jam and other goodies coming out of your kitchen later this year! Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-78146622246933532002014-01-27T21:01:32.781+00:002014-01-27T21:01:32.781+00:00How large are allotments over in the UK. They see...How large are allotments over in the UK. They seem so much larger than in the US. I have one here in Upstate NY (Troy) and it is about 9' x 24'. Tiny compared to yours with so many different plots, a storage shed and compost areas and berries/fruit trees. You're so luck! Can't wait to see everything in full production this summer.<br /><br />Best,<br />KK @ www.preppypinkcrocodile.comPreppy Pink Crocodilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396889798988617272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-3502876588100473602014-01-27T19:59:59.970+00:002014-01-27T19:59:59.970+00:00Thank you. That's really interesting. So you c...Thank you. That's really interesting. So you could get two crops from autumn fruiting raspberries going by that information, definitely worth considering.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-78970804826986280642014-01-27T19:20:45.129+00:002014-01-27T19:20:45.129+00:00I've just found this link that does say you ca...I've just found this link that does say you can prune them all the same http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1997/2-7-1997/raspprune.htmlSuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-59196055359162577742014-01-27T19:19:07.570+00:002014-01-27T19:19:07.570+00:00We've struck lucky with this plot with everyth...We've struck lucky with this plot with everything that has been left on it. I've never grown raspberries before so I haven't really got a clue what I'm doing with them, I'm sure I'll learn though.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.com