Planting beetroot and netting the cherry tree

I was given quite a few beetroot plants from an allotment friend who had grown too many. I really like beetroot so I was grateful for the generosity. I just planted them wherever I had space. Borscht is one of my favourite soups and now I didn't have an excuse not to make it. The broadbeans plants had really took off and they had started flowering.

The cherry tree had started producing fruit! Exciting :) I realised that the tree needed netting as there wouldn't be any cherries left to harvest because the birds had found them. My daughter cable tied a net around the branches to prevent the birds eating all the cherries.

The owl you can see hanging from the tree was made by my daughter out of CDs and bits and bobs to use as a bird scarer. You will also see pears forming on the other tree. I have four trees on my plot and

I didn't know what any of them were in March. When the fruits started forming I could see I had a cherry, pear, plum and apple tree. My own little orchard.

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