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Title: Got the plot
Post by: Flighty on September 03, 2009, 08:09:12

This article in yesterday's Telegraph may be of interest, especially to new allotmenteers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/6122649/Allotments-got-the-plot.html

Title: Re: Got the plot
Post by: small on September 03, 2009, 17:38:53

Thanks for the link, I always enjoy reading Helen Yemm because it's clear she is actually a 'real' gardener. Query from that article: don't you have to net Autumn raspberries, then? Do blackbirds lose the taste for soft fruit after August?

Title: Re: Got the plot
Post by: saddad on September 03, 2009, 17:46:23

I never have to net mine... there'll be some to pick again on Sunday... :)

Title: Re: Got the plot
Post by: small on September 03, 2009, 20:51:33

Sunday? Is there a chance to see your raspberries on Sunday, then?

Title: Re: Got the plot
Post by: saddad on September 04, 2009, 11:21:29

or eat some... ;D

Title: Re: Got the plot
Post by: Kea on September 08, 2009, 18:40:56

I don't net my summer raspberries either...don't seem to have a bird problem on the raspberries they're too busy eating the other fruit if they can ::).

Title: Re: Got the plot
Post by: shirlton on September 08, 2009, 18:52:54

We never net our summer or autumn raspberries. Its not the birds its the maggots that we have to contend with

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