The raspberries are doing great. Barely beginning to pink up. Next to them is a redcurrant that birds stripped of every berry. I didn't get to taste even one.
Strips of holographic tape usually deter birds, so I was generous in how much I tied to the raspberries and to the fence above them.
Here's a video. I tie it lime a kite tail, so every slight breeze whips the strips around. It can be noisy and in the sun, the flashes of light are almost blinding. I added some to one of the fig trees, too.
These are the first of the "Music" variety garlic, that I planted last fall. I've grown them through many garlic generations here, so they are very well adapted. The cloves are very large, and strongly flavored.
These are not ready to dig for storage. The paper-like covering needs to be dried out first. I think they will be ready in a few more weeks. Meanwhile, we have fresh garlic from the garden.
Here is the Hardy Chicago fig tree that I pruned in March, as of today.
Here is how it looked just after pruning, 15 March 22.
I tipped the most vigorous new shoots, as I usually do, to promote formation of fig buds. Given the severity of the pruning, it may not bear this year. Or it might.
(The house has been repaired and painted recently, but it's the same tree).
I removed the rain cover from the genetic dwarf peaches. It worked - no leaf curl at all except one branch that was sticking out in the rain. The bigger tree is Garden Gold (I think).
This tree is very lush, but only about five feet tall. Under all those leaves one can find growing peaches. They were too thick so I removed about 90% of them, a few weeks ago.
