Feed the Birds is one of the tunes we rehearsed with the training band this evening and, as a signed up member of the RSPB, it is generally something I like to do. However I do have one reservation – I’m not to happy when birds come and feed on soft fruit I was planning to eat myself!

After work, I popped by the allotment and harvested most of the berries from my Chilean Guava plant. My yield was a whole 25g. That is not a lot but probably more than I’ve had off it in the previous seven or so years I’ve been growing it in total. I had some zero harvest years when the plant was young or after it had been moved to the allotment but also times when I appeared to have a decent crop and then, by the time I got round to going to harvest, they had all disappeared.

Not this year!