Dug over Fruit Cage, Pruned Redcurrant Bushes, dug over edges of fruit beds and put manure round fruit bushes, raspberries/loganberries and rhubarb. Finally finished Allotment 1

Today I went down to onto Allotment 1 for about 5 hours. I dug over in the Fruit cage to clear all the weeds, including a lot of bindweed roots out. I also pruned the Redcurrant bushes so that they are more compact and therefore it should be easier to pick the fruit in the Summer.

I also straightened the edge of the fruit beds to make it look tidier as well as put manure around the fruit bushes, rhubarb and around my raspberries and loganberries.

I have finally finished digging over Allotment 1 and have now done most of the tidying up.

Front edge of the Fruit Cage

Redcurrant bush

Manure around fruit bushes

Looking from Fruit cage down to the Rhubarb patch
and Raspberry/Loganberry patches

Raspberry and Loganberry patches

Rhubarb patch after manuring

Looking down towards the Greenhouse from the Fruit Cage

Looking down the Allotment from the raised beds

Pruned Gooseberry bushes, Cleared Rhubarb bed and dug the front edge of the Fruit Cage

Today I went down onto Allotment 1 for about 2 1/2 hours. I pruned the Gooseberry bushes quite hard because they were falling over.

Pruned Gooseberry Bushes

I also cleared the Rhubarb bed from weeds (mostly Couch Grass and Bindweed roots) so that they are able to grow without weeds all round them. While doing this I also dug out and straightened the front edge of the Fruit Cage to enable me to peg the net down into the soil.

The Rhubarb bed before being dug over

Front edge of the Fruit Cage before clearing

The Cleared Rhubarb bed

Cleared Front edge of the Fruit Cage

Continued pruning Blackcurrant bushes and started to clear the Fruit Cage

Today I went down to Allotment 1 for about 1 hour and continued to prune the Blackcurrant bushes. I also started to clear the Fruit Cage but ran out of time today so will continue with this tomorrow.

Before pruning and starting to
clear the Fruit Cage

After some pruning and starting
 to clear the fruit cage

Pruned more fruit bushes and done more digging of vegetable plot on Allotment 1

Today I went down onto Allotment 1 for 2 hours, despite it being quite soggy underfoot from the recent rain we have had. I continued pruning some more of the Blackcurrant and Redcurrant bushes however this needs completing at some point along with the Gooseberries, Loganberries and Raspberries. I also continued digging over more of the vegetable plot down the raised beds end.

Blackcurrant's and Redcurrant's after pruning

Photo showing how much has been dug soo far