Monday 14 August 2017

This has been ...

The best fruit year in a long while. Despite the lack of sun, the rain has helped swell most fruit in the garden. We have just finished picking all the plums and are currently enjoying blackberries - forgot to photograph those.

Here are some of the russet apples:

In the background are some red pears but a better picture is here:
And some comice pears on the heavy pruned and festooned 5' tall (non-dwarf variety) tree:
We have also eaten blueberries and frozen blackcurrants for later use. The rhubarb finally got going and we managed 2 harvests off it only as this is its second year. Our gooseberries died but a new bush arrived which had about 20 on it so we enjoyed those as well.

We have our first greengages just about ready (about 12) and I shall use them to make jam.


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  1. Jules14 August 2017 at 08:04

    You've enjoyed a fantastic amount of produce. The red pears look lovely. I only managed five strawberries. 😂

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    1. Dc14 August 2017 at 09:19

      They look lovely but are mealy in texture so not fantastic to eat but okay.

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  2. Living Alone in Your 60's14 August 2017 at 08:05

    Our pear and fig are laden but like you the rhubarb is only on its second year but we've had 3 reasonable harvests with probably one more to come.

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    1. Dc14 August 2017 at 09:20

      Could maybe manage one more harvest but don't want to exhaust it as these last few stalks are thinner.

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  3. Scarlet14 August 2017 at 14:24

    Your fruit looks fabulous! We were given a cherry tree and an apple tree at the weekend by our neighbour; we just need to transport them to the allotment so we can extend the ' orchard'. Fingers crossed that we don't have to move- J is currently in a meeting at work :(

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    1. Dc14 August 2017 at 14:47

      If the roots aren't too large you could sink large tubs (with drainage in them), into the ground, plant trees directly into the tubs then if (horror of horrors) you have to move, you can take them with you. Shouldn't hurt for a season then if you don't move you should be able to plant them properly.Fingers crossed for J.

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  4. Mylittlepieceofengland14 August 2017 at 22:50

    So much fruit, I haven't seen red pears before xx

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