Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
Today I weeded around all the blackcurrants bushes (we have maybe 30, maybe 40) because the currants are almost ready and I hate getting stung by nettles while I'm picking (usually without gloves). It is back-breaking work but useful because today was a sunny day and the sunshine reaches the lower berries once the weeds have been removed.
We've decided to start the honey harvest so the berry picking will have to fit in around all the other work. It's going to be a very, very busy week. The first batch of blackcurrants will go straight to Espoo on Monday morning where it will be frozen as we just don't have time to make crème de cassis or blackcurrant cordial at the moment. Some of the rest will go to REKO in Ekenas on Wednesday.
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