The strawberry patch is excelling itself. Every day there is another dozen or dozen and a half scarlet berries to pick – at least – which is more than enough between us with some homemade yoghurt. That tub above was the fruit of just one picking session.
In fact, there are so many we can’t eat them all. I’ve given a box to mum and we still have an enormous pile in the fridge.
Fortunately things seem to be calming down, just as the raspberries start to show promise. We had our first dozen last night, from one of the new plants, and they taste fantastic.
My only worry is the relative inaction of at least two thirds of the bushes. I did plant four different varieties to see us through the summer and autumn, which should all fruit at different times, but I would expect more than just leaves from the late fruiters by now. Some flowers and a show of intent would be good.
Are they set for a barren first year?
Our first raspberries of 2010
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