There are four blackcurrant bushes in my fruitcage and because of that I have a decent harvest. The first year on the allotment none of my fruit bushes were covered and the result was that the birds had a wonderful feast and I couldn’t make any jam!

This is the result from the first picking, the next lot made some very tasty jelly. That’s much easier to make as I didn’t have to take the berries off the stalks etc – I simply boiled it all and just used the juice.