tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post646848823588493709..comments2023-10-17T09:38:33.865+01:00Comments on Our New Life in the Country: FruitSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-34436092890846031662014-08-26T15:55:48.455+01:002014-08-26T15:55:48.455+01:00Hi sue, I haven't left just gone over to blogl...Hi sue, I haven't left just gone over to bloglovin, sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789252381375426171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-53866885118780087602014-08-26T12:13:01.914+01:002014-08-26T12:13:01.914+01:00Just finished some plum jam and then that's it...Just finished some plum jam and then that's it for me for this year xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597069824333007603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-37225636761650056602014-08-26T00:33:36.670+01:002014-08-26T00:33:36.670+01:00Lucky you! We are on 1/2 acre & had planted fr...Lucky you! We are on 1/2 acre & had planted fruit trees but unfortunately had to pull them out a couple of years ago because of fruit fly.<br />We were on the lookout, but neighbours weren't & it was hopeless cutting lovely fruit to find the little b.......s.MaryJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984014391338253732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-41640423955796650612014-08-25T22:47:48.326+01:002014-08-25T22:47:48.326+01:00Hmmm, Blackbeeries!!! They look delicious! Thanks ...Hmmm, Blackbeeries!!! They look delicious! Thanks for sharing.<br />FrancesFrancesca Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205098498690628883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-39548170735227285762014-08-25T21:34:42.485+01:002014-08-25T21:34:42.485+01:00Oooooh they all look delicious! I have had little ...Oooooh they all look delicious! I have had little luck with my fruit this year, my blackberries do look a little sorry for themselves, I might get some good apples as long as the pouring rain today hasn't knocked them off the tree!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289057264276106892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-51772141686256170612014-08-25T20:23:31.041+01:002014-08-25T20:23:31.041+01:00You are lucky with all that fruit. And, you are ri...You are lucky with all that fruit. And, you are right that the blackberries seem earlier this year. I was thinking that as well last week whilst picking some. I remember being out blackberry harvesting about a month later last year. Autumn has come early and I wonder what kind of winter this will bring.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114653674812242486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-14717323531121811902014-08-25T20:14:02.769+01:002014-08-25T20:14:02.769+01:00No fruit trees or bushes here (yet), but had a hed...No fruit trees or bushes here (yet), but had a hedgerow windfall of almost 3kg damsons and some blackberries this week, damsons being turned into jam and perhaps a little damson gin, blackberries frozen with some gifted apples, OH will be well pleased with both.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773144442384424888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-15665031746222223292014-08-25T19:25:44.325+01:002014-08-25T19:25:44.325+01:00Sue, I have used the quick individual freeze metho...Sue, I have used the quick individual freeze method, and it really works well. I don't think I've eaten a gooseberry, but my mother in her memoirs mentions them as being the first fruits ready in the spring.Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-15262328169568237572014-08-25T14:41:57.547+01:002014-08-25T14:41:57.547+01:00Lucky you, we are looking for nice blackberry bush...Lucky you, we are looking for nice blackberry bushes, mine has failed in the garden again, the trees over the fence suck all the water from the soil. Raspberries are doing well.Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.com