YEH , gooseberries at last .

[divvy]

I have just been and had a look and the bushes I bought from Wilkinsons last year have some gooseberries on them. The one bush that Iv'e had for years , that has never had any , still hasn't . The blackcurrants havent got any though. But they are still quite small.

[Alison Adams]

I was given some unlabelled bare root fruit bushes (ie dead looking sticks with no indication of which end to even put into the ground !) last year and they are all starting to look promising for this year :-) One is a currant, not sure which colour yet, suspect red as it has about 3 little 'strings' of flowers on it - not gonna make much jam but might look pretty on a bowl of ice cream ! A gooseberry has 3 or 4 berries on it and a rasp of some kind is looking positively lush with signs of flowers so probably a summer one. I am hoping that this bodes well for a proper harvest in years to come. Even the miserable looking blueberry has perked up since I moved it out of a pot and gave it some ericaceous feed - 2 tiny berries as a thank you if I can beat the birds to them !
Between the whole lot we might get 1 of a 5-a-day helping this year, but at least they are off and running.

[cinnpie]

currants- black or red

Hi -
I noticed that black currant leaves have a very strong scent and it seems they are great for blackcurrant tea while redcurrant leaves are virtually scent free. scratch 'n' sniff!
Hope this helps,

Cin

[divvy]

Oh well , if I don't get any berries this year then , at least I can make tea with the leaves . :0)