Picked a couple of kilos of currants over the weekend, a time consuming but quintessentially summery chore.
I've planted a mixture of red and black currants, all cuttings from one parent bush of each variety. They take incredibly easily, pop a pencil length piece of branch in a forgotten corner of ground in autumn, the following summer you'll be looking at rooted cuttings usually with a 90% success rate.
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As a consequence of this easy horticulture I've...
Currant affairs
I've planted a mixture of red and black currants, all cuttings from one parent bush of each variety. They take incredibly easily, pop a pencil length piece of branch in a forgotten corner of ground in autumn, the following summer you'll be looking at rooted cuttings usually with a 90% success rate.
As a consequence of this easy horticulture I've...
Currant affairs
