One of the main aims of our allotment is to grow the fruit and veg that we do not have the space to grow at home. About 9 years ago we planted 5 bare rooted "Joan J" Raspberry canes that have proven to be a great bearer of juicy fruit (a small harvest around June / July followed by the main crop in September, October and into November. Due to space restraint we are not able to grow summer fruiting raspberries at home so the plan was to install a good couple of metres of a variety of summer and autumn fruiting raspberries.
On arrival to the Allotment we were made to feel very welcome by the resident allotmenteers, One of our neighbours gifted us a 2 yr old raspberry plant which was one of the first things we planted back in May. That plant has survived the winter to date and also yielded no less than 3 (yes 3) berries (not kilos yet) during last season.
In November I transplanted 4 offshoot stems of Joan J to the allotment to bolster the crop and today following a quick repair to the shed roof we planted 6 canes of summer fruiting berries (variety unknown) given to use by a friend.
Hopefully this year the plant will yield a few more berries and in 2017 we may see some more Joan J and the unknown summer fruiting variety
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| A Ripe Berry from Joan J |
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| The Raspberry bed |
7 years! That was a long wait! Looks like you have done wonders on your plot since taking it over though. I'd love to have had cabbages like yours in the photo. We have have been trying for 3 years and still only managed one little cabbage this year and even that still had an entire family of slugs nestling snugly at around the gaps at the bottom on the leaves.
ReplyDeleteIt was a long wait, but the time was probably right and hopeully we will ensure we stick at it.
ReplyDeleteThe cabbages you see were in fact Brussel Sprouts. My boss gave me 6 plants and we through them in once the bed had been prepared. We harvested the first lot just before Christmas and were very pleasantly surprised. Much more subtle in flavour when fresh compared to the shop bough stuff. We still have a few stalks left but as Barnsley is the sprout capital of Britain i keep expecting them to have been liberated from the plot