Growing your own fruit and vegetables will give you fuller flavours and a much wider choice of varieties than shop-bought produce. Here's what you should be doing and when. Apples Fruits that you have picked that are not required for immediate use can be stored in clear plastic bags. Seal the bags, but make a couple of pinprick holes in the sides. Only store healthy fruits and keep the bags in a cool place.
Currants Raise extra plants by taking hardwood cuttings from healthy bushes.
On blackcurrants, leave all the buds intact, but remove all but the top four on white and redcurrants. Also take cuttings from gooseberries. Clear away the remains of old crops to tidy up the garden and prepare the area for next year. Add the material you gather to your compost heap. Spread a layer of compost over the cleared soil and fork it into the surface.