Planting up the fruit cage - at last!

So after all our hard work over the last few weeks, we're now at the stage that we've been really looking forward to, and we have finally planted up the fruit cage. We've got red, white and black currants, gooseberries and thornless blackberries and a blackberry raspberry cross. We're also planting summer and autumn raspberries outside, and a specialised hazel nut tree.

Alison, Helen and Ellis did a great job, and the fruit cage now looks splendid, with a good top-dressing of compost. It's been so dry that we've had to water well. There's not much rain forecast. so we may have to water more if the leaves break soon.



The finished fruit cage with the bushes planted



Jake and the crew have also been hard at work, and the fedge is now looking splendid. We have even had compliments on it from passers-by! They've also started putting up the frame of the polytunnel, which is great, as we're raring to go with planting in there.




The polytunnel frame as constructed by Jake and the team






Some tomato plants which Helen grew from seed - they are even bigger than this now and ready to go in the polytunnel!