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Orchard Blossom Season is Almost Here

Spring-time in the orchard and beautiful blossom buds are about to burst into life. So why is it such a tense and worrying time..?

Published March 23, 2022
Categorised as Gallery Tagged apple, blossom, cherry, Morello, pear, Plot #79, quince

Now Collecting Historical Orchard Recipes

I’ve started putting together an index page of the archive recipes that I’m posting on the site.

Published April 25, 2021
Categorised as Site Updates Tagged apple, bullace, cherry, damson, fig, medlar, nectarine, orchard cookery, orchard history, peach, pear, plum, pluot, quince, research project, warden

Modified Lorette System Pruning, Summer 2017

Applying the Modified Lorette to our air-pot mini-orchard apple trees.

Published September 12, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged apple, Blenheim Orange, cherry, cornish aromatic, herefordshire russet, maintenance pruning, Modified Lorette, Morello

Air-Pot Mini-Orchard Update: It’s Blossom Time

A healthy display of blossom should hopefully mean a few fruits to enjoy later in the year.

Published May 2, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles Tagged air-pot, apple, Blenheim Orange, blossom, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, herefordshire russet, john downie, mini-orchard, Morello

Establishing Our Air-Pot Mini Orchard

In which we plant out our new fruit trees into air-pot containers.

Published February 18, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged air-pot, apple, Blenheim Orange, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, formative pruning, herefordshire russet, john downie, mini-orchard, Morello, mycorrhizal fungi, tree planting

Our Fruit Trees are Here!

Taking delivery of our fruit trees from the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale.

Published February 9, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged apple, Blenheim Orange, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, herefordshire russet, john downie, Morello, National Fruit Collection

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FavColour_GreenMegan@FavColour_Green·
24 May

Is it time we extend the rules re: hedge cutting beyond farmers?

Seems wrong that theres one rule for one &another for farmers..

This is certainly illegal regardless (not a chance in hell there weren't nesting birds here!) But hedges should be protected whoever owns them https://twitter.com/B_Strawbridge/status/1528411574792249344

Brigit Strawbridge@B_Strawbridge

In the last 48 hours, a local landowner has cut down ALL the trees along the edge of his fields adjoining the road, sparing none, not even mature Oaks. He's done this bang in the middle of the bird nesting season. 4

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ApplesandPeopleApplesandPeople@ApplesandPeople·
24 May

Roman geographer Gaius Julius Solinus: “A people who live near the source of the Ganges live only on the smell of wild apples; if they smell something offensive, they immediately die.” From our latest Apple Story: 'The Gangines of the Mappa Mundi' available on our website.

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24 May

Green Action Day at #Shipley Fields
Thurs 23 June, 4-7pm
The orchard and jam hedge need a little bit summery TLC. All welcome to help top up the woodchip mulch and do a bit of weeding.
Wear gardening gloves and bring a wheelbarrow if you can.
Apple juice and snacks provided!

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