Long term foraging

[slowworm]

I thought this might be worth posting. A few years ago I foraged a few plants, the rooted ends of a tayberry type plant that had been abandoned to die but from a plant that I knew produced some decent fruit. They are now happily growing in my fruit cage, away from the prying beaks of the local blackbirds and producing a good crop. Sometimes it's worth thinking long term.

 

[Toddy]

Very practical and tasty

I reckon that's how farming began; folks just slowly moved stuff to someplace convenient.
Seeds, a root or two, put it in where you'll pass it later when it's cropping

 

[TeeDee]

I guess this is akin to Guerrilla Gardening but sort of in reverse.

 

[Kepis]

Loganberries yum yum, just picked these from the garden for afternoon munchies, have a similar amount and some Blackcurrants in the fridge for evening munchies.

 

[Toddy]

We have a glut of wild strawberries just now

 

[Kepis]

We have a glut of wild strawberries just now

Love wild strawberries, unfortunately my favoured patch is not obtainable at present being a mile or so off the well beaten track

 

[Toddy]

Do you have somewhere at home where they could ramble around ?

Happy to bag and post some. Usually my issue is keeping the wood pigeons off them

 

[Kepis]

Thankee for the offer, i've got space, but nobody to look after them at present as im reliant on a carer at the moment and id hate to get them planted and then for them to wither in the heat.

 

[slowworm]

Loganberries yum yum, just picked these from the garden for afternoon munchies, have a similar amount and some Blackcurrants in the fridge for evening munchies.

I'm not sure what plant mine are exactly but having tried a few tay, logan and boysen bought in plants I collected these cuttings as the plant seems more at home in our conditions. It's very vigorous and thorny, fruit could be a little sweeter but that could be the poor weather.

I also moved a wild sown blackcurrant into the cage, it only produced small fruit but is very early.