GG-you won't regret it! first lot I sowed came up in a week and 2nd lot were sown on Tuesday and are starting to sprout. They will soon romp away when they get outside with a bit of heat and rain. I know what you mean about the window sills though!
MMP - take care with the 'burning' (I love a good burning!) It's soul destroying work. Have you tried one of those flame burning wand thingies? I considered getting one at last house to tackle a similar piece of ground, which was semi wild anyway, but it was infested by willow herb nettles and thistles. We used weedkiller and strimmer etc in the end.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
MMP, your stamina and positive attitude never cease to amaze me. For OH, you have two paths open to you - the guilt trip or the positive incentive. Only you can say which would work better!
Fairy, got one of the weed wand efforts, daren't use it, I would set fire to my garden, any old cars that are hiding in it (OH is after some of the bits and will ebay other bits and then weigh what's left in), Two old sheds crammed full of bits of fiesta/escort, next doors shed, next door other sides shed and garage, and both fences. It's THAT full of the dratted things, you'd probably see the flames from where you are! I have a dustbin burner thingy, complete with lid, so start the fire using old sugar bags, and start feeding the dry bits in through the lid. My father was a fireman, so would be very embarrassed to get the fire brigade out
Bob, sorry to admit I know little about those fruits Wine berry, jostaberry, lingonberry or Worcesterberry How do you rate them? How do they compare with "usual" fruit like gooseberries, raspberries, etc? Like Fairygirl, can you educate us a little please?
Hi all, those are all new to me, too. I've already got quite a few fruit plants (including gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, chokeberries, bilberries, strawberries, apples, plums, pears and a peach) so decided to go for something unusual and hope that when the birds stuff themselves silly (as per usual), they still leave some for me! Japanese wineberry is a bit like a raspberry but has decorative hairy red stems. Apparently, the fruit is at its best sprinkled with red wine - looking forward to confirming that -probably several times, just to be sure! Jostaberry is purported to be a cross between a gooseberry and a blackcurrant, as is the worcesterberry.. but different (jostaberry is thornless.) Lingonberries (aka cowberries) are evergreen and are supposed to taste a bit like cranberries. They need acid soil but are not as fussy as cranberries. They are widely grown in the nordic countries and northern eurasia. Very hardy. The lingonberry will be grown in a large pot so I can keep the soil acid, but the rest will go into the fruit patch when they've grown a bit.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Thanks Verdun. Need to find a more sheltered spot. Not had it staked so far so probably do without it. Weather permitting, will try to get son to try and get it out of pot in the next couple of days. If not, then I'm stuck for a while. Never mind.
Not been on these boards for nearly a week as I had to have my lovely Phoebe put to sleep on Friday, she was nearly 16 and had a heart murmur and a chest infection hadn't eaten anything for 36 hours so made the decision to ease her suffering so as you can imagine I've been out of sorts big time......................so seeing this post I thought it would give me a break and some light reading and I'm liking it very much, well thought of MMP keep it going
Verdun, I think I'd go for the worcesterberry given a choice of that and the jostaberry, unless you have masses of space. The jostaberry is apparently extremely vigourous and can grow to be huge - twice the size or more of a blackcurrent and looking at my young plants I can see that is very likely the case. Having said that, I'm looking forward to picking the thornless jostaberry without being torn to shreds!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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By the way, the cars were hiding in the brambles. Am expecting to come a cross a sabre-toothed tiger or velocoraptor any day now.
GG-you won't regret it! first lot I sowed came up in a week and 2nd lot were sown on Tuesday and are starting to sprout. They will soon romp away when they get outside with a bit of heat and rain. I know what you mean about the window sills though!
MMP - take care with the 'burning' (I love a good burning!) It's soul destroying work. Have you tried one of those flame burning wand thingies? I considered getting one at last house to tackle a similar piece of ground, which was semi wild anyway, but it was infested by willow herb
nettles and thistles. We used weedkiller and strimmer etc in the end.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
MMP, your stamina and positive attitude never cease to amaze me. For OH, you have two paths open to you - the guilt trip or the positive incentive. Only you can say which would work better!
Fairy, got one of the weed wand efforts, daren't use it, I would set fire to my garden, any old cars that are hiding in it (OH is after some of the bits and will ebay other bits and then weigh what's left in), Two old sheds crammed full of bits of fiesta/escort, next doors shed, next door other sides shed and garage, and both fences. It's THAT full of the dratted things, you'd probably see the flames from where you are! I have a dustbin burner thingy, complete with lid, so start the fire using old sugar bags, and start feeding the dry bits in through the lid. My father was a fireman, so would be very embarrassed to get the fire brigade out
Hi all, those are all new to me, too.
I've already got quite a few fruit plants (including gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, chokeberries, bilberries, strawberries, apples, plums, pears and a peach) so decided to go for something unusual and hope that when the birds stuff themselves silly (as per usual), they still leave some for me!
Japanese wineberry is a bit like a raspberry but has decorative hairy red stems. Apparently, the fruit is at its best sprinkled with red wine - looking forward to confirming that -probably several times, just to be sure! Jostaberry is purported to be a cross between a gooseberry and a blackcurrant, as is the worcesterberry.. but different (jostaberry is thornless.) Lingonberries (aka cowberries) are evergreen and are supposed to taste a bit like cranberries. They need acid soil but are not as fussy as cranberries. They are widely grown in the nordic countries and northern eurasia. Very hardy. The lingonberry will be grown in a large pot so I can keep the soil acid, but the rest will go into the fruit patch when they've grown a bit.
Thanks Verdun. Need to find a more sheltered spot. Not had it staked so far so probably do without it. Weather permitting, will try to get son to try and get it out of pot in the next couple of days. If not, then I'm stuck for a while. Never mind.
Not been on these boards for nearly a week as I had to have my lovely Phoebe put to sleep on Friday, she was nearly 16 and had a heart murmur and a chest infection hadn't eaten anything for 36 hours so made the decision to ease her suffering so as you can imagine I've been out of sorts big time
......................so seeing this post I thought it would give me a break and some light reading and I'm liking it very much, well thought of MMP keep it going 
Verdun, I think I'd go for the worcesterberry given a choice of that and the jostaberry, unless you have masses of space. The jostaberry is apparently extremely vigourous and can grow to be huge - twice the size or more of a blackcurrent and looking at my young plants I can see that is very likely the case. Having said that, I'm looking forward to picking the thornless jostaberry without being torn to shreds!