It seems to be the majority of my time in late March and early April – on the rota for mowing the grass in the community green space and spending my time finding where the key was hidden by the previous mower, lugging fuel down to refill the empty can, working out why the mowerContinue reading “The Joys of Mowing”
Tag Archives: Community orchard
Apple Mad
Last Friday, we went to the orchard in the local community wood and picked specimen apples. A lot of them. Five typical apples from each tree. And like a true fanatic, I even took apples from the four trees where I had found a name tag or thought I knew the identity of the appleContinue reading “Apple Mad”
Community Orchard – the Verdict
We’re back from an intense session of learning how to prune hard-stoned fruit trees (plum, damson, cherry and gage) with Dr Anna Baldwin leading a group of students in a theoretical and practical course in the local community orchard. It was different from the January course on pruning apple and pear trees. For a start,Continue reading “Community Orchard – the Verdict”
Julia Chalkley 