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I purchased 10 new Malliing Jewel raspberry canes from Hilliers, Bath in December.  The instructions said to plant as soon as possible after purchase.  This I did after Christmas when the weather was better.  I know everything is late this year

in growing bagsHarvest early potatoes, carrots and salad cropsPrune the sideshoots of gooseberry bushes back to just five leavesCut out congested raspberry canes at soil level, or those popping up in pathsFeed all crops with a liquid fertiliserSow seeds

we first started out. The raised beds and wood chip paths were a lot of effort at the time, but they were worth it. The fruit bushes and raspberry canes were a bit of a slog too - raspberries need such a well prepared trench to flourish, and I

i'm new to growing fruit bushes and would like some advice on how to build a support for them. I've got canes and string, just lack the knowhow. Whaty sort of fruit bushes? 1 Gooseberry, 1 blackcurrant and 1 raspberry ( planted others but they didn

a blackcurrant bushVideo advice on growing summer fruiting raspberries with Monty Don.View spring blooming bulbsBrowse a variety of fruit plantsChoose plants suitable to acidic soil

.springMore advice on growing fruitLearn how to train a nectarine tree with Monty's video adviceGrowing summer-fruiting raspberriesChris Beardshaw's video advice on growing blueberries and cranberriesHow to summer prune plum treesBrowse fruit varieties

Finish planting out vegetable crops, including tomatoes, beans, courgettes and sweetcornSow summer salads in guttering to grow quick cropsUse netting to protect developing and ripening fruits from birdsTie in new shoots on blackberries, raspberries

I have recently acquired several bags of fir tree clippings which I was going to put around my autumn raspberry canes and rhubarb when they have finished fruiting.  A friend has told me this is a bad idea - any comments please? I would like some

. Or you can bed them over gently and just tie them in to the top wire and nip the growing tip out. we have autumn raseberrys, cant remember the name of them and Him In Doors - who comes out to tend his raspberrys - cuts them down to the ground when all

I have limited space in my veg patch and wondered whether I would be able to grow raspberries and other soft fruit such as blackcurrants and gooseberries against a fence which gets about 4/5 hours sunshine a day.  I do not want to utilise one of my