In the past couple of weeks we've had lots of ups and downs. Its been harvest time and we have collected and extracted more honey, and several kilos of Plums and Apples.
The apples were nice and some have been enjoyed by my family friends and horses. The plums are great, and we have had lots, most have been of a yellow variety. Some of the plums I have made into chutney which should be ready to eat in about a month. I am looking forward to it. We have also got small purple plums and damsons.
I might upload the recipe for the chutney later.
I have to admit that this year much of the fruit has been enjoyed by the wasps and birds. I'm not concerned about this at present but it will be something I will have to manage over the coming years. I have started looking at devices that will help me to capture wasps. I may have to drown them by collecting them in a trap then putting them into a bucket of water.
I have collected more manure from the field next to mine. We had a horse wonder into the orchard, I wasn't present but I hear the horse was collected quickly and put back into its own field.
Lots of people have been over to visit especially people with kids the same age as mine, and also various members of my family and friends.
I have started looking at other trees for planting later in the year, I have been in touch with the suppliers from the original stock and they are going to get me a list of trees available.
A number of people have stated an interest in a bee hive, which is nice.
