A wet day — at last!

It being the 9th of August. The last time we had a day so wet all day was the 30th April.

Fortuneately most of the fruit here is still immature enough not to be adversley affected by this welcome change in the weather, particularly as the temperature is so much reduced on that we have grudgingly become accustomed to.

Our very first Discovery are expected at the end of next week – 17th August . By now we have a list of requests for apples to be sent all over the British Isles so it won’t be long now for you all to be enjoying a munch. Not just apples can be sent but anything we grow here can accompany them either in the same box or a companion box. Beetroot, Onions and Tomatoes are the favourites – they all happen to be round!

So, it looks like our ‘average’ dates for the apple varieties are to be expected this season. As in previous years all eyes are on the Ribston Pippin row as being a firm indicator to guide us through picking dates for the later apples. My father planted this row in 1966 using M26 rootstock. The end of this row is walked past  more than most as it is by our yard.

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