Tag Archives: jostaberries

jamathon

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Anni Kelsey

I will certainly never be running a marathon (or any other race for that matter), but over recent weeks I have been on my own jam making marathon – my ‘jamathon’. The redcurrants, whitecurrants, gooseberries, blackcurrants and jostaberries have all been … Continue reading →

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foundations for fruitfulness

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

Over the last two weeks or  so we have had persistent, relentless rain or battering winds or, at times, both!  However one evening recently there was a short, warm, sunny interlude and I went out to spend time in the … Continue reading →

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harvest only enough

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Anni Kelsey

This is a bumper summer for soft fruit – the first really good year since the garden began.  Despite the soaring temperatures and almost total lack of rain the currants and berries have produced amazingly well.  One of the blackcurrants … Continue reading →

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Enjoying a summer’s day

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

It is 16th July and the sun has come out after a dull morning. I would have liked rain as it has been incredibly dry for this part of the world, but despite that most plants are doing well (and … Continue reading →

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