Today we picked our redcurrants. Last year we went away for a weekend and came back to find that the birds had eaten every last one of them – little sods. This year we netted them against the birds and got a bumper crop (although the local blackbird was circling us like a hungry shark even as we were picking). Redcurrants are beautiful to look at as well as to eat – a lovely, translucent red; and for the small amount of space and effort they need we get a great return of fruit from our three bushes.
In total we got just over 7lbs with enough left on the bushes to keep the birds happy. Time to find a recipe for redcurrant jelly…
Tales from the Wood - The Diary of a Badger Watching Man 