I am astonished by my one redcurrant bush. Each year it produces a bigger crop and poses quite a major task finding time for picking - let alone deciding what to do with the fruit. There is a limit to how much redcurrant jam one can eat and most of one's friends seem to be on a diet of some sort. This year I have started taking the fruit in to work to distribute! But I can't be ungracious and ignore my prolific bush's generosity so most evenings I am spending at least half an hour fruit-picking - about 11 lbs so far... This one bush is in its third home and other than a regular feed of potash and fish blood and bone, it seems to need virtually no attention. Maybe the proximity to next door's cats and dogs helps keep the birds off - who knows....
It has been really hot today so after planting out a few more straggling dahlias and some penstemons I accidentally acquired on my way home today, I watered thoroughly, not least as my grass seed seems to have taken - hoorah! I expect now the slugs and snails will be out there drooling and licking their lips....
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