Thursday 7 May 2015

Still to be done......

So I showed you everything I had got done the other day and It's looking great if I do say so myself. However....there is still plenty to do so here are a couple of still neglected areas I have yet to tackle!!

neglected brassica patch.
Neglected brassica patch
strawberry patch
strawberry patch
The autumn raspberries
The autumn raspberries
There are another couple of spots that need work but these are the worst. As you can see the autumn raspberries didn't get cut back last year so I am wondering whether I should still cut the dead wood out or just leave them now until the end of the year?? Any suggestions??

The brassica bed will be another potato bed and this will hopefully happen over the weekend so that the King Edward potatoes can go in. My other task this weekend will be to make sure the strawberry bed doesn't have to share it's space with dozens of dandelions for much longer.

So as you can see....still much to be done....but hey....I don't want the chance to get bored.....as if I would ever have the chance!! lol
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4 comments:

  1. I never cut back my autumn raspberries until spring so you are fine to do it now, Some people leave old cane s on half of their plants so they fruit earlier on the old canes and then again in autumn on the new canes but I don't as we have summer raspberries for that,

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    1. Thanks for that Sue...will get onto it this week.
      I don't have summer raspberries but have always cut mine down...they tend to come really early anyway.

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  2. Your worst areas don't look too bad, I wish that's all I had to tackle. We've been a bit busy with other things so far this year so the allotment has been a little neglected. We're trying to catch up with it all now as things are waiting to go out. I don't know much about raspberries but I think I'd still cut them down. They may not produce as much this year but at least they'll have been tidied up.

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    1. I think we all get side tracked with one thing or another at times and then realise where we are (or aren't) at and really go for it!!

      Definitely cutting back the canes!!

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