This week we've noticed our blackbirds perching on top of the poles that hold our Autumn Bliss raspberry cane supports. A bit early we thought, what optimists! But no, they are on the ball. Today I found three really ripe raspberries. Perhaps there were some before, that the lucky blackbirds found first. If so, then they deserve a few for keeping a closer eye than us!
Has anyone else ripe autumn raspberries yet? Admittedly we are on the edge of the French Pyrenees but it hasn't been particularly warm this spring. In Hertfordshire, I used to reckon on summer raspberries by the last week in June. But that was 8 or 9 years ago.