Stopping Birds
Last year we had two gooseberries before the birds found them and overnight stripped the bushes of everything,…
Tag: gooseberry
Mulching Gooseberries
A sunny winters day with blue skies…. I didn’t have much need to go to the allotment but…
Christmas Potatoes
After all the prep, this morning I planted the potatoes that might just do something in time for…
Evening watering and gooseberry spotting
An evening trip with Tom to check the state of the wigwams and to do some watering. Since…
Gooseberries in the rain
There is still half the plot to dig over from grass, but with a week of rain and…
Dig dig digging
It said it would be a sunny day and it was, which was ideal for the allotment and…
Green Shoots on Gooseberries
The two gooseberry bushes in the front garden have not had a good life so far, they seem…
Fingers Cross for Gooseberries
We had little success with the two gooseberry bushes last year, the leaves seemed to get eaten over…