Well I suppose it had to happen sometime.......

[fatbloke]

We've just been out to do the watering in the garden and found that it's time to pick the gooseberries and start picking the raspberries, and yes, there might be enough rasp's for a gallon of wine, but as there's only about 750 grammes of gooseberries we'll have to...................

Eat fermentables!
Yes I know, if I do manage to get to grapefest, it'll be "sackcloth and ashes" time........

Plus there's only gonna be enough blackcurrants for a very small pie....

Over all I suppose that's not bad, seeing as we only put the fruit bushes in early last year......

It just reminds me that we'll have to go and hit the PYO this weekend before all the retired crusties pillage it during the weekdays while I'm working!

Hey ho!

regards

JtFB

[shirlthegirl43]

Are there more to ripen or is that the whole crop? If there are more following on (like my raspberries do) then you could freeze this first lot.

* Note to self - check recipes for raspberry wine - got a huge crop forming

[lockwood1956]

eat fermentables!

eek!

[shirlthegirl43]

Oops, have I revealed myself as a gardener

[Duffbeer]

Hmmm picked some of my gooseberries today, but left some behind, although some are going pink/red many just seemed too young, small and green.
Decided to leave them another week or so.

[Her Lushness]

Eat fermentables!

I think you should go and stand in the corner and wait for me to come and horsewhip you....


(but HRH can only find her cat o' nine tails...)

[wisp]

now that's an offer nobody can refuse ... especially with gooseberries!

[Her Lushness]

(and cream)

[fatbloke]

That was pretty much all of the gooseberries - 2 bushes close together, but different types, one bush the fruit seems to go mouldy for no apparent reason (note to self, must look up diseases/fungal problems in gooseberries) whereas the other bush, the fruit don't get very big but that was the lot (a couple of other GB bushes need moving to better places as they haven't done anything this year).

The raspberries are going mad, that was the first visit to them. I should get enough for a gallon of wine and for Clare to do some jam, at least a couple of jars

The black currants have had their first year in and a couple of them have fruited but I'm waiting for the plants to get larger before I can really expect much off them....

Hey ho!

regards

JtFB

p.s. I just hope I manage to get down to the PYO before the pensioner crusties pillage it for a decent amount of black currants......