Compost & Fruit
July 3rd, 2005
The compost was all distributed without a hitch and Chairman Paul and the WASHA committee thank all those who assisted. Thanks also to Rachael McLeod of Healthy Living Program for funding our Soil Improvement Project. John (Plot 31) has donated two loads of good topsoil. This is for use both for soil improvement and the Site Beautification Project. It is hoped that plotholders will use the top soil to fill containers for planting with flowers or shrubs. These could be left on plots or at points around the site where there are grassy areas.
The fruit on Plot 82 (lower path with big black net) is communal. Please bring your own tubs and help yourself. There are varieties of cane fruits – loganberries, tayberries, sunberries, boysenberries. All are good for jam on a pound of fruit/pound of sugar basis and they are quick setters so test early. They are very juicy, so great for coulis, pies, crumbles and summer puddings – see Recipe Section. They also freeze well. The morello cherries are impossible to make into jam without a commercial setting agent which affects the taste. The josta berries are a gooseberry/blackcurrant cross. This is a newish hybrid. It should make good jam but has a strange taste! Take care: some canes are thorny and the pathways between the rows are cluttered with all sorts of things ‘which might come in handy one day’.
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