tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post2678345933656598261..comments2024-03-25T13:56:15.075+00:00Comments on Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments: Out with the old and in with the newSue Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-27571259254936895012014-08-10T15:09:09.686+00:002014-08-10T15:09:09.686+00:00Be warned tayberries are vicious and vigorous Jane...Be warned tayberries are vicious and vigorous Janet. Let's hope we both get some lovely autumn raspberriesSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-69646076854080055662014-08-10T14:35:58.426+00:002014-08-10T14:35:58.426+00:00I am poised to start picking our autumn raspberrie...I am poised to start picking our autumn raspberries (polka), not sure I could be bothered with summer fruiting berries, for all that I love to eat them. Perhaps if I had more space. Though I do really like the idea of tayberries...Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-45313751751281719692014-08-09T07:19:36.690+00:002014-08-09T07:19:36.690+00:00You can't count your fruit 'til it is pick...You can't count your fruit 'til it is picked, SnowbirdSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-24059299069255760562014-08-09T07:17:14.513+00:002014-08-09T07:17:14.513+00:00The raspberries are nothing like as vicious are th...The raspberries are nothing like as vicious are they, CJ?Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-36126018242559936632014-08-08T20:50:13.092+00:002014-08-08T20:50:13.092+00:00I amazed how little fruit you got as it all looked...I amazed how little fruit you got as it all looked so very promising, you just can't predict the outcome can you. The blackberry fruit looks delicious.xxxSnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-58622535575389872332014-08-08T18:30:46.588+00:002014-08-08T18:30:46.588+00:00I'm a big fan of the tayberry as well. I woul...I'm a big fan of the tayberry as well. I wouldn't mind a thornless blackberry either, I get shredded by thorns and stung by nettles when I pick from the one that's in the hedge next to my plot. I've tackled the tayberry already, just the raspberries to do now.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-7536043320922200452014-08-08T11:18:48.274+00:002014-08-08T11:18:48.274+00:00It would need the sort of dip where your chin scra...It would need the sort of dip where your chin scrapes the floor Mark as I'm about 40 votes behind the leader.<br /><br />Our Joan J is an offspring of Autumn Bliss and just starting to produce fruit now but still unripe ones.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-72575683052196389902014-08-08T11:15:52.952+00:002014-08-08T11:15:52.952+00:00They're fairly straightforward, Jo you'll ...They're fairly straightforward, Jo you'll soon get the hang of itSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-86543546464271351262014-08-08T10:39:07.694+00:002014-08-08T10:39:07.694+00:00Re the competition: don't forget to "dip&...Re the competition: don't forget to "dip" as you approach the finishing line! My "Autumn Bliss" raspberries are just getting going now. I hope they will be better than last year, which was very poor. If not, they will probably be dug up.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-48705743289126042092014-08-08T08:33:35.007+00:002014-08-08T08:33:35.007+00:00I still need to get to grips with my raspberries a...I still need to get to grips with my raspberries and blackberries, it's a learning curve as I've never grown them before. The raspberries produced lots of fruit though, enough to freeze some too, though I'm not very keen on them but Mick likes them.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-73129851759937531802014-08-08T08:20:38.030+00:002014-08-08T08:20:38.030+00:00Ours produces fruit fairly early too Victoria. Tha...Ours produces fruit fairly early too Victoria. Thanks for the voteSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-57471973953849969462014-08-08T07:34:30.313+00:002014-08-08T07:34:30.313+00:00Loch Ness. I'll remember that. Your fruits are...Loch Ness. I'll remember that. Your fruits are far bigger than the ones I picked. Heading over to vote now!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187262310974834205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-69816469717587205692014-08-08T07:19:22.208+00:002014-08-08T07:19:22.208+00:00We have blackberries growing wild in hedgerows her...We have blackberries growing wild in hedgerows here, Endah but the canes have thorns and the berries are smallerSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-21682379944488842882014-08-08T07:12:15.661+00:002014-08-08T07:12:15.661+00:00I've never tried mulberries, MalarI've never tried mulberries, MalarSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-14347686450396122142014-08-08T07:10:27.855+00:002014-08-08T07:10:27.855+00:00We have autumn raspberries too which are just comi...We have autumn raspberries too which are just coming up to fruiting, Bonnie that are pruned differently again. I hope that yours do better next year.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-15360873270015424192014-08-08T07:06:31.228+00:002014-08-08T07:06:31.228+00:00Thank you Alain - shame about the raspberries.Thank you Alain - shame about the raspberries.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-27516268199964032292014-08-08T06:59:41.882+00:002014-08-08T06:59:41.882+00:00We lost a whole row the year before last, Daphne. ...We lost a whole row the year before last, Daphne. I think they got too as the ground was sodden that winter.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-86743909165389048882014-08-08T06:47:18.554+00:002014-08-08T06:47:18.554+00:00I love berries, but it's not easy fir me to gr...I love berries, but it's not easy fir me to grow it here. Your thornless berry is reminding me to wild berry that we often found it on the slope and the edge of the wood when I was a little girl.Endah Murniyatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16175364514530314348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-15493370616965632662014-08-08T03:29:45.132+00:002014-08-08T03:29:45.132+00:00I am so envious. I have just a dabbling of berrie...I am so envious. I have just a dabbling of berries this year. The winter was hard on everything. Thanks for all of the information on the different types of raspberries.Bonnie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052974547161586063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-62628296390035364402014-08-08T00:28:50.356+00:002014-08-08T00:28:50.356+00:00Good luck with the vote.
Here raspberries were ple...Good luck with the vote.<br />Here raspberries were plentiful but they mostly produced when we were away for almost 2 weeks. The raccoon, blue jays and cedar waxwings did not leave us many.rochefleuriegardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783773632775842680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-57181581851446945232014-08-08T00:21:37.667+00:002014-08-08T00:21:37.667+00:00The berries look so juicy! It reminds me to pluck ...The berries look so juicy! It reminds me to pluck my mulberries! The only berry I can plant over here! ;)Malarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421349464010347804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-66296277920897921772014-08-07T20:18:13.055+00:002014-08-07T20:18:13.055+00:00I so love raspberries. Sadly ours is worse for the...I so love raspberries. Sadly ours is worse for the wear. It is in the rain shadow of the house - not something I knew about at first. So it died way back. This year I put in a soaker hose and it is so much happier. I hope it spreads back to fill the bed soon. As it produces the very large tasty berries. Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.com