Sunday, 27 April 2014

JOE'S JOTTINGS - GARDENING - FRUIT AND VEG

FRUIT AND VEG

Come spring and you are wondering what the fruit crop will bring. Too early for the strawberries, raspberries and black current as the blossom has not appeared yet. However my apple trees and plum tree are showing some blossom. The more blossom the larger the crop. I have one established apple tree, three super column apple trees and a step over apple. The latter were planted in the spring of last year and this year we appear to have blossom on two of them. I don’t think the new trees will yield that much but the old timer is covered in blossom as it has been for the previous two years which should give me plenty of scrummy apples come the late autumn. The other veg in the garden which is growing to a huge size at the moment is the rhubarb with leaves nearly two foot across and the stalks already beginning to turn red.

As well as eating apples all this fruit and veg means two of my favourite dishes. Apple crumble and Rhubarb crumble. The mouth’s watering already.

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 PLUM
RHUBARB

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