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dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 25 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

a neat way to get high fruit

if you have access to a set of chimney/drain rods, fit the double corkscrew fitting to the first rod and add enough sections to reach the fruit

some will screw off one at a time, many can be had by shaking the branch and letting them fall into a sheet/tarp

the two bent prongs and a small net on a long stick is a tool often used for top fruit

it takes a bit of practice but it is far faster than waiting, using ladders or tree climbing

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 25 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks Dpack. Might try that as we do have chimney rods.

My courgette finally seems to be growing some courgettes, I managed quite a good haul of blackberries again, and got a few potatoes and lifted the onions. They have done well this year, so letting them dry off and then will take them in and knot them up. One of the raised beds isn't too good and think it needs a lot more biochar as it is too dry. Still fighting the caterpillars on the cabbages. The grapes in the greenhouse are doing well at the moment, so hope to get some this year. They often split, but we have had sporadic rain this summer, so hope it came at the right time for them. I have been thinning frequently too.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 25 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

a kilo of blackberries(A+ quality) is in sugar and gin

i will remove the spent berries and add to it over the next month or so

i am not up to fermenting and the freezers are full so tis eat em or blackberry gin, like sloe gin but not sloes

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