Fruits sorted

 Back in May 2021 I got 5 of these arches off marketplace, I wanted them to make a structure for my blackberries to grow over in front of my shed. It looked good and worked well, until we decided to move all my gardening bits into the garage and dispose of the shed. I did toy with the idea of spreading them out forming a tunnel, but as a working space keeping it clear won out. 

For years the five arches have been along my back fence, unwilling to pass them on, I hoped they would add height to our low fence and as the plants grew and blocked out the back of our neighbours huge pub shed. The only decent photo is this one where you can see the height behind my smaller shed, hubby agreed tall poles would work as well, I got some half price recently. Just one for now will stay behind my shed, I don't require it.

So now they are back working as they should be, just 4 arches from the raspberry bed to the first raised veg bed, I'm pretty sure the poles won't be in my way in the veg bed, I will pop wire along the back side and up to the arch, this should support the canes and the fruits and stop them sagging, making each summer a fruit tunnel. I will also put more supports in the front section so the canes can be controlled and kept upright, the canes grow naturally toward the sun and veg beds, so this should be a lasting solution. 

The 5 arches were free, a young couple had just purchased their first home and was reclaiming their back garden, and passed all the unwanted bits on, they are really sturdy and strong and should last for years here. Hubby used tall poles along the back fence, he redid the spot where we think foxes were trying to get in, a couple of plants were cut back, hopefully they will grow back, the area is behind the garage and can't be seen. There is just one arch behind my tall shed, it can stay there, unless I find another use for it, to remove it would entail moving the shed to get to it.  

As with some of my previous posts, this one has been in pending for ages, I was really unhappy with the raspberry canes this summer they were all squashed together, I had already decided to move the blueberry tub and had a new spot sorted in my mind. So throughout August every time I went to pick raspberries I was thinking, how to sort it, I needed more room and higher support for the berry laden tops. I always look around the garden for what I have, originally the taller poles were for the raspberries, when hubby said he needed to redo the back fence, a plan immerged, and chatting to hubby he agreed it would work and not take too much effort to do and importantly would look good. 

Just a simple mornings work had everything sorted, whilst I sorted the veg beds and placed the arches, hubby did the back fence, I also took away the big nets from my brassicas. Sunday was a breezy, cloudy dry day, perfect weather to get outside, plus we both were fed up sat inside fighting bugs. When we shopped in Sainsbury's we got a cook in the bag chicken crown, just £6.50, daughter cooked one recently,  neither of us like the brown meat on a chicken, there was enough meat for our roast dinner and another meal each, making it a great bargain.