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Plot #79 Orchard Year in Review, 2021 Edition

We’ve had a mixed year on our allotment plot orchard. Here’s a round-up of the good, the bad and the downright ugly.

Published November 28, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged 2021 update, apple, apple canker, codling moth, fireblight, medlar, pear, pigeon, Plot #79, plum

How To: Check For a Maggot in Your Apple

A quick guide to spotting an unwanted lodger in that ripe, perfect-looking piece of fruit, *before* you bite into it…

Published September 25, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard P&D Tagged apple maggot, apple worm, apples, codling moth, Cydia pomonella, orchard pest

Mother-loving Moths and Bastard Bloody Pigeons

I’m seeing a lot of fruit-damage this year, both the classic damage caused by of codling moth larvae and beak-wounds from feathery foes.

Published July 30, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard P&D Tagged codling moth, orchard pests, organic control, pest control, pigeon, winter moth
  1. Darren T on Conrad Heresbach (and Barnaby Googe) on GraffingMarch 12, 2023

    You're welcome Brigitte, glad you found in interesting :)

  2. Brigitte Webster on Conrad Heresbach (and Barnaby Googe) on GraffingMarch 12, 2023

    Really interesting! Thank you! Learnt a lot!

  3. Darren T on A Frost-Pruned Fig Tree, and What Happened NextFebruary 26, 2023

    Hi Rick - I'd say it depends on whether you're likely to have any more harsh frosts in north Alabama…

  4. Rick on A Frost-Pruned Fig Tree, and What Happened NextFebruary 25, 2023

    Should I cut back the frost bite tips of my fig tree? They are a much darker color than the…

  5. Darren T on May Byron, on Making ‘Apples, Scalloped’February 12, 2023

    That's a good point, pick a nice, tart cooking apple and it wouldn't be overly sugary. And that fig tart…

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