More strong winds brought down most of the remaining ‘Adam’s Pearmain’ apples, though there are still a few not quite ready to be picked. A very warm day for the time of year and jackets [...]
Apple picking today. With the strong winds bringing many down, we picked all the remaining ones bar the late variety ‘Adams Pearmain’. The new shed was re-arranged to take all the produce. Even [...]
We finally managed to tie in all the new growth on the soft fruit. The raspberry ‘Glen Dee’ is a great one for suckering so some of the new shoots were transplanted to the wired row and the [...]
After the storm of last Wednesday, we had yet another day of repairing the damage on the allotment. One of the posts holding the willow windbreak had snapped so it had a ‘splint’ put [...]
Thursday was a day for emergency repairs as the strong winds had snapped at ground level two of the supporting posts for the espalier apples. With the trees in full fruit it was only possible to [...]
The best crop ever from the plum tree as you can see from the photograph and there are even more on the side. All the plums were taken off the tree and the slightly less ripe ones will go to jam [...]
A pleasantly warm day with sunshine to speed up the ripening of the Victoria plums. They are looking ready to pick but are still sticking resolutely to the branches! Last week all the old [...]
A wee reminder of the changing season with a chilly wind blowing and intermittent showers. The day was spent in finishing off the pruning of the fruit after the workshop last Sunday and there is [...]
A busy day with a final titivation of the plot for the Open Day. The grass and edges were cut and immediately the plot looked better. No watering needed thanks to all the rain there has been. The [...]
A pleasantly cool day and back to watering everything. The strawberries had the old leaves cut out, were given a feed and were watered. Dead plants were removed and replaced. The apples and [...]
