Sunday, 2 March 2014

New Life in the Orchard

We planted a new quince tree in the orchard this afternoon to replace a sadly deceased walnut tree. Here Tom is making sure the tree roots can be spread out in the (odd shaped) hole I dug.

The tree in place - it's a 'Lescovaka' organic quince sponsored by Wendy. Quince are a very old fruit, a little like pears, but usually have to be cooked to be edible.

These snowdrops were planted by Hospice Care Northumberland a few years ago. They look so pretty in the orchard grass along with a handful of purple crocus from the local Rotary club.

It was great to see the first apple buds just beginning to grow.

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