I am soo excited as I am about to plant my new fruit patch this weekend; later to become my fruit cage once hubby is home long enough to build one for me!!

In it I am planting

                                  12 strawberry plants,

                                   6 gooseberry bushes

                                   10   raspberry bushes

                                   5 blackcurrant/gooseberry crosses (called caseille here - no idea in the uk -                                                                                          produce  huge blackcurrants)

                                   2 rhubarb plants

Plus more as I get organised - maybe some naturalised blackberry bushes?  

I already have 2 kiwis beginning, though apparently they take ages to set and they haven't liked the cold winter.  Also a pear tree and the obligatory cherry tree for this region.

So lots of fruit for all my jam making this year; I cant wait to get the gooseberries and blackcurrants as they are impossible to get here in toulouse in the shops/markets

(hopping from foot to foot on excitement!)

shelley