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Anyone else experiencing bumper crops of redcurrants/blackcurrants and gooseberries? The bushes have only had rainfall water ::) My bushes have been so laden that branches have snapped off with the weight of the fruit. All harvested now.

And had my first few raspberries to eat just now - loads to come :)

I'm in the process of getting rid og my currants and replacing the with gooseberries, as the girls won't touch them (Uurgh! Is that raisins? Well it looks like raisins! I am not going to eat that.) The redcurrant was covered with berries, and now has several branches broken off by visiting pigeons. I haven't checked the blackcurrants.

Yes - mine have been pretty good so far this year - and tayberries - well, absolutely fantastic, the stems are full of huge berries. I too, haven't watered the established fruit bushes.

Yes - laden
takes ages picking them - don't get much else done - but I really enjoy it

Yep, same here. Blackcurrent bush branches are struggling to cope with the weight of all the fruit.

I've also noticed that the bramble bushes are covered in flowers.

Which is a good sign from my point of view. Bramble is my main honey source, and the great thing about it is that it's very deep-rooted, so it continues to produce through all but the worst of droughts, when other plants fail.

hi all,  :D

Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on July 04, 2006, 12:42:32
. Bramble is my main honey source,
Robert , please expand on this statement , I think i know what you mean , but  ???
                                                       Adrian.

It's a reliable nectar producer, and there's masses around, so in most summers the majority of the necar that ends up in my honey jars comes from bramble. Last year it was probably pretty pure; in a wetter summer there's often quite a bit of privet in there, which gives a darker and tastier honey.