On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 Cat(h) wrote:

Yesterday I picked my first raspberries, a few All Gold and Autumn
Bliss(*) - the earliest I can remember. There was even one Tayberry ripe
too.


My summer fruiting raspberries are about to turn colour, and there is
a bumper crop there, if the birds give us a chance.
I have given up on netting, because too many birds got caught into the
net. I am thinking of trying the Tom Jones Greatest Hits Method which
works so well for brassicas and pigeons, to see if that discourages
the birds.

Sorry to pee on everyone's firework but I started picking a fortnight
ago and I'm well into the raspberry harvest.

Makes a welcome change from rhubarb!

David

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