Wooh! I picked my first 3 ripe blackberries today, and they were whoppers! They grow along the back wall of the lottie and are looking well laden with fruit, but I was amazed to see some ripe already - it's not even August yet!
I'm hugely disappointed to see that my local thicket of wild plums (bullace) don't seem to have any fruit at all though. I wonder if that's down to the dry Spring we had? I think the birds will miss them, they usually hang on the trees for a lot longer than cultivated plums. I know I'll miss them - they substitute well for sloes in Sloe-Gin!
Has anyone noticed if sloes are suffering the same?
I'm hugely disappointed to see that my local thicket of wild plums (bullace) don't seem to have any fruit at all though. I wonder if that's down to the dry Spring we had? I think the birds will miss them, they usually hang on the trees for a lot longer than cultivated plums. I know I'll miss them - they substitute well for sloes in Sloe-Gin!
Has anyone noticed if sloes are suffering the same?
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