Thursday 9th June 2011
We had the fruit cages to put up yesterday in Spofforth, the currants are starting to blush and the blackbirds are looking hungry, apparently they don't like the blackcurrants or gooseberries but will quite happily strip the redcurrants bare. Luckily the actual frame had been left up from the previous year so we only had to tie the netting in place, but it was still a three man job. Once we had finished, the blackbird ran up and down the path outside the cage, and I swear I could hear him say "curses foiled again"!
Next came planting out the courgettes, each with it's own mound of Diana's rich dark crumbly compost, these too we netted against the ruthless pigeon population.
The last job of the day was fleecing the carrots against the dreaded root fly, we tucked them up tighter than a toddler at bedtime, I'd like to see any flies get past that!
"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand"
Mother Teresa
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