It is all go now, despite the wet and rather cold weather – no flaming June here!

I keep thinking every year that it was well worth getting the fruit cage as the redcurrants are perfectly protected from the birds. Strangely enough, they don’t seem to bother with the raspberries – just as well, I couldn’t cover the raspberry patch, it is too big.

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After the effort of picking the fruit and getting it ready, we have a lovely lot of raspberry and redcurrant jam.

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