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I have a few raised beds ( old pallet collars) which I have planted some fruit bushes in -  Gooseberries, Currants and some rhubarb.  I also have some raspberry and blackberry canes too, running along the fence. The problem that I have

the first year I doubt I will get much fruit anyway but all going well next year I will be prepared for the invasion :)The strawberries I picked asap and ate straight away. At least there was some reward. My wild life will have a feast on blackberries, top

and sadly passed away leaving me the best start i could ever wish for over the last 5yr all has got out of hand damson and blackberries tayberries taking over upto 50% will any thing else grow with so many roots as not a massive plot please can any one help

as you head to and from the veg plot! There are allotments not far from were we live, but again there are long waiting lists. However having a fulltime jobs, being a plant aholic and having the possibility of growing our own fruit and veg we converted our

rasberry bush,a victoria plum tree,2 blackcurrant bushes,a blackberry bush and 2 redcurrants,can anyone give me any hints or tips about how to grow these succesfully,or the P H of the soil they need ,or well anything really awwwww comeon someone speak

side eventually, it'll be shaded out. Hawthorn is a good base for hedge you want lots of that, it's reliable, grows and thickens up quickly. Hazel coppices well so if it gets thin at the bottom you can cut it back to start again and make thicker growth

be cutting them down to ground level now ? if you are building a compost container out of pallets, do you put a pallet down as a base or just use the soil? can you grow raspberries in pots as I do not have a graden This may be a very silly question but, I'm a

. But I do love nibbling at the sugar peas and cannot resist the odd plum or blackberry. definately a harvester,got to learn for next year to plant less or buy 2 more freezers. I am definately a grazer, however with the bi-daily spraying with washing up

Sorrel is lovely crop to grow in shade, even dry shade. In my garden it grows under a clematis montana which grows under an ornamental cherry. It requires no real attention and produces tangy, lemony, tender, heart shaped salad leaves

delicious. They do get out of control very easily as you can see in Perthshire where they grow in the hedgerows like blackberries, having escaped from the fields. but they are easier to dig out than brambles and not so prickly. My single raspberry plant has