My red currant bush just doesn’t behave like it’s supposed to according to the books. Again this year it’s flowering on 1 year old wood and there are very few flowers on the 2 and 3 year old wood:
The party is clearly on the 1 year old top shoots, and not much is going on below on the older wood:
The numbers on the picture below is the age of the wood:
But what the heck – I bet the fruit is just as good if we can get to it before the birds.
I was walking past the garage the other day when I noticed this drop of water on the concrete tiles:
And here was another one:
It was weird since the weather was beautiful and had been so for days. So I looked up thinking the gutter must be full of water and leaking. But no, they sky was blue and the gutter is brand new:
I starred at the gutter for a couple of minutes, scratching my head, before I figured out what was going on. Don’t mind the expensive new powder coated metal gutter – the vine is freaking bleeding!:
Oh dear… Just wanted to prevent the vine from ripping down the gutter a couple of days earlier, so I just cut off the ends of the vine, which had been growing in under the gutter and the roof. Bad timing:
Other cuts on the vine had been done in time before the vine started sucking up water and distributing it:
And another correctly timed cut:
So remember to cut or prune your vine when the leaves fall off before winter, or you’ll end up with blood on your hands. Or water. (And where the hell does all that water come from, it’s so dry now?… anyway)
I have this bamboo growing like crazy on a south facing wall. I cut it down every year, but it keeps coming. I thought about removing it completely, but it turns out to be pretty useful:
I cut down all the shoots at the ground and cut them into smaller lengths. They’re perfect for marking your rows after sowing seeds, and for some reason they’ll last several years. Bamboo sticks are quite expensive in our local supermarket, so I’ll leave the bamboo where it is for now.
