On The Allotment

I managed to get three more fruit bushes for the soft fruit area. Homebase are doing a 3 for £10 deal for good sized year old plants.

I bought the following

Gooseberry – Hinnomaki Green
Blackberry – Waldo
Black Current – Ben Lomond

I got them planted today and the soft fruit area is now looking good. Just need to get some strawberries to fill in the gaps and provide some fruit this year as most of the fruit bushes will not fruit this year.

Soft Fruit Area - Rhubarb, Raspberries, Blackberry, Black Current, Gooseberry

The Rhubarb is coming along fantastically. I would guess that another couple of weeks and we will be picking those first tender shoots… Mmmmmm!

I am presently surprised at how they are coming along. Just two weeks after been planted, two weeks after being split and all this after they had been dug up and left in a bucket for two months!

Rhubarb Progress 7th March 2009

Related posts:

1. First Day back after holiday – 5th April 2009
2. First produce – Rhubarb
3. Planting the Rhubarb – First Planting on the allotment – Video
4. Moving Rhubarb from old property to new allotment
5. First Strawberry!