First corn, more berries

Picked the first cob of corn today!


Froze blackberries - haven't done that before, but laid them out on a lipped baking tray in the freezer until they were solid and then packed them into air-tight containers. Picking more than I can eat!

Made another batch of tomato sauce - freezer's getting full!

And my sunflowers are past their best, but I have enjoyed them amongst the grapevines. Grapes looking good too!

Berry Yummy!

I'm currently picking about 300g of blueberries every second day, from four bushes of varying types. Mostly I just eat them - as snacks, in my breakfast - but have also free-flow frozen some for when the picking stops. They are protected from birds in a giant cage I made out of chicken wire and posts, and the oldest ones are about four years old.

Blackberries are also ripening, the bunches are heavy on the thornless vine, and am picking every second day. So far the birds don't seem to have noticed them, but I will net them if needed.

Today's pick:

Blackberries!

It's pretty early in the season but the first fruit off my thornless blackberry vine is ready! Not many today, but lovely big bunches still ripening.