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The Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Gardeners are snapping up fruit trees for £2 & it'll give you months of homegrown raspberries & blackberries
GREEN-fingered fans are going wild for penny-pinching plants that are as tasty as they are pretty. Customers are taking advantage of the purse-friendly fruit trees on offer from a huge retail store. 1 Supermarket giant Morrison's are selling three Flourish & Joy fruit plants for just £6 - making them £2 a pop. Customers can choose from thorn-free blackberries, Buckingham variety Tayberries and Allgold autumn raspberries. Fans on the Gardening UK - Hints, tips & advice Facebook page have rated the popular plantations. One user commented: "Good bargains, happy gardening." A second recommended: "Blackberries are nice although take a bit of space and can be slow to ripen. "Raspberries are sweeter and have heavier crops." A third budding gardener added: "I've always fancied getting some of them, but it's like squirrel city in my back garden." If you're looking to buy a fruit bush or two, then consider where it is going to grow. Raspberries thrive in locations that provide a combination of sunshine, well-drained soil, and some degree of shelter. While they can tolerate partial shade, they produce the most abundant and sweetest fruits in full sun, preferably at least six hours of sunlight a day. Award-winning face of Sainsbury's and Morrisons ads dies aged 77 as family share emotional tribute Blackberries thrive in a location with full sun or partial shade, in well-drained soil that is moist but not waterlogged. They also benefit from being trained up a support structure like a trellis or fence. With the sunshine season almost upon us, the fruity additions are fantastic affordable options for gardens and outdoor spaces this summer. But as the sun comes out, so do common garden pests. Green and black flies, commonly known as aphids in the gardening world, can be found on both indoor and outdoor plants. If ants are causing problems in your garden or finding their way into your home, some of the best natural deterrents involve strong citrus scents. You can use garlic to keep green flies off your plants and cupboard staples to get rid of garden ants. Lemon is a particularly effective method; you can mix lemon juice with water and spray it around ant trails to keep them away. While snails and slugs are common in gardens across the UK, they can cause significant damage to garden plants. Coffee grounds and eggshells could help keep slugs away from plants. If your problems are more rodent-based, natural ways to deter rats from your garden include citronella oil and onions.
Telegraph
13-05-2025
- General
- Telegraph
Brown sugar vanilla blackberry sheet cake
I love a brown sugar sponge, and this is my go-to recipe when I am making a vanilla-based cake; unlike the classic Victoria sponge, this has a deep caramel flavour and almost toffee-ish quality from the brown sugar. Overview Prep time 20 mins Cook time 1 hr Serves 8 -10 Ingredients For the cake 380g plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1⁄2 tsp sea salt 350ml oat milk 2 tsp apple cider vinegar 200g dark brown sugar 200g light brown sugar 250ml vegetable oil 2 tsp vanilla bean paste For the frosting 250g unsalted butter, softened 500g icing sugar, sifted 2 tsp vanilla bean paste a punnet of fresh blackberries, to serve
