Tuesday 23 July 2013

Soft Fruit - The Gloaming

Today thunderstorms arrived in Edinburgh.  Very pleased to have the allotment watered, but it has been a bit of overkill.  We've had a very dry couple of months and watering anxiety had set in.

Last night we went to the plot and picked just about the last of our soft fruit. Good timing as it turned out. 

Our one mature gooseberry bush has been coming up trumps this year



We also have solitary red and blackcurrant bushes:


We are onto our third variety of strawberry. After Marshmello, Cambridge Favourite (below) we are picking Florence. These last two failed to produce more than slug food for the last couple of wet years, but have justified their stay of execution while the Marshmello settle in.


Another good producer currently is Mange Tout, Oregon Sugar Pod:


You may have detected an absence recently. We've been on holiday where there is no internet - the Highlands:  Here's a snap from Loch Ness. It was a great evening and we stepped out from a celebratory meal at the Dores Inn to this view of the Loch. We were roaming in the gloaming:




10 comments:

  1. We had a week here a year or two ago in a cottage on the banks where I managed to catch a shot of Nessie

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    1. Is that the monster picture in the Metro?

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    2. Nope it's the real one see April 5 2012 Holiday Wildlife on my blog. Didn't you see it?

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    3. Maybe it was the proximity to April 1st... It's a monster picture!

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  2. Thinking anxiously of our plot from a distance, given your weather report. We have escaped the thunderstorms here on Speyside. No gooseberries for us, but I want to put in some bushes (despite our 'stay/go' deliberations). What variety do you have?

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    1. I've left an answer on your blog, Linda.

      Speyside? - We were based at Nethy Bridge.

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  3. Beautiful photo of the loch! Hope the food and drink was equally good.

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    1. Thanks Mark, they were. And the service was leisurely!

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  4. I finished picking my Strawbs a couple of weeks ago. Inundated with red white and black currants at the moment. Your Gooseberries look excellent, just stripped my 3 bushes down yesterday. I tried the Oregan sugar pods last year they were excellent so it seems they are good in wet or dry conditions.

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    1. We are all gooseberry ice cream fans now! Interesting observation on the OSP.

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