I wonder if I might have a few too many raspberry bushes? Since last Friday I’ve brought home approaching 2kg from the allotment (with only the ripest harvested) and more from the back garden. Conservatively, that is about £25 worth of fruit at supermarket prices! Of course, that means having to deal with a large volume of fruit that doesn’t keep well in its natural state. If nothing else, it can feed the compost heap – the raspberries are such easy plants to grow that they just require the labour of picking and also pruning out their vigourous attempts to spread.

Next year, I’ll aim to scale the amount of canes back somewhat to make more room for other things but it is still a win for this year.