I'm worried over the next down of the blackcurrants. Like it's neighbour I cut down last year, I think it may have a virus.

# 2452The two remaining blackcurrants have broken buds!

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# 2177A great set again on the blackcurrants!

Total Allotment Time: 1/2hr.
Principle Tasks: Harvesting fruit and veg for my mum.

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# 1948Total Allotment Time: 3 & 3/4 hrs.
Principle Tasks: Finishing mulching blackcurrants. Tended seedbeds.

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# 1734.01Total Allotment Time: 30mins.
Principle Tasks: Pruning blackcurrants. Dropping off green kitchen waste for composting.

# 1731# 1730How two of the three blackcurrant bushes looked before (top) and after (bottom) pruning. I decided to prune them less hard than last year.

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My New Friend

# 1317# 1316I'm pretty sure that this little fellow is the Black Snail Beetle (Silpha atrata) so-named for it's liking of having snails for it's supper - good chap, eh?!

# 1315# 1314I may well of got 'clipper happy' pruning the first of the blackcurrants.

To be continued..

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# 01007Total Allotment Time: 3 hrs.
Principle Tasks: Pruning the blackcurrant and gooseberry bushes. Mulching over the asparagus bed with a 2.5cm (approx) layer of B&Q 'Soil Improver'. Adding same to gate end of border bed.

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