Summer fruits

I’m looking forward to a bumper crop of fruit this summer. Mainly to have with various combinations of meringue and cream, though I could consider some healthy options too I suppose… nah.

Our gooseberries are on fire! This, as with the rest of the garden, has been allowed to do its own thing, and currently is dripping with fruit. It also has several little baby gooseberry plants that have sprouted all around. I shall re-home them at some point in the various baldy patches of our garden.

We have strawberries too, first time ever. I have put nets over them already and they are looking pretty good. It’s all very much a trial and error situation just now never having done anything like this before. So far so good though.

Raspberries too! These were planted at the same time as the strawberries and do seem to be enjoying their position.

My Grampa had fantastic rasberries and managed to produce stacks every year. Granny mostly made jam from them. Grampa always said raspberries are best grown against a south facing wall, however ours are being grown on a north facing slope. Oh well, just got to make the best of what you’ve got.