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It’s the 1st of October and we’ve just picked some cracking raspberries for breakfast. Nothing strange there you may think – they must be Autumn friuting varieties. Well, yes, some of them are but the best berries have come off what should be normal summer varieties. Next to the raspberries is the strawberry bed. For those who follow our Newsletter, (or if you don’t, see the last two issues here on the… Read More
Yes, it’s Keat’s time of year again, with the autumn fruit lighting up the misty mornings. Depending on who you talk to this summer has been: hot / dry / cold / damp / lovely /grotty – so it’s nice to see some real rewards despite the weather. The early fruit did quite well, with strawberries overcoming a cold damp spell, which seemed to really suit the raspberries. Possibly the best crop… Read More
It seems a strange combination, but this year I’ve used daggings – the bits of mucky wool around sheep’s bums that farmers cut off to prevent fly strike and other things – as a mulch under my strawberries. You can buy this as sanitised, pelletised stuff, but I prefer to use what is available! In theory, and it now seems in practice, a) slugs don’t like to crawl over the wool (when… Read More
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