I am so happy seeing the blueberry plants looking healthy again. Last year they looked so terrible that I was afraid they all would die. This early spring we divided a full trailer load of leaves over the berry garden and we started watering the blueberries on a regular base as soon as it became warmer and dryer. This effort has paid of and the blueberries are thriving. There leaves have a healthy green colour and they are making new twigs, even shooting new twigs from the roots which need to penetrate the thick mulch layer first.
We even have been able to snack on a few very tasty blueberries already.
We also planted our currants here last fall and the black currants where ready to harvest.
I harvested about 1,5 kg of black currants, which went into the freezer for later processing. I usually collect all of the berries I can get first (currants, raspberries and blackberries) and then juice them all together. We use this juice in yoghurt or I make jelly out of it.
The white currant somehow does not want to ripen. They look good, but still taste so sour, so we will wait a little more before harvesting.
The couch grass keeps growing through, so we weeded thoroughly and added a layer of woodchips again, since the leaf mulch is decomposing and getting thinner.
I am hoping on becoming another trailer of leaves this winter to add a new thinner layer and to expand the berry garden. I want to relocate the raspberries, since they are doing miserable and need to be planted in good, nutrient rich soil, which holds moisture better. I also want to plant a row of strawberries, since they do not do well in the bad soil in our garden 2 and I would love to harvest some decent strawberries, but that is work for the fall.
Beautiful Chaos 