Another 2 occurances of fly-tipping, one reported whilst 'in progress' by a neighbour, building waste dumped across the adjoining field gate.
I did a talk for Shocklach Gardening Club for their July meeting. "Starting a traditional orchard from scratch"
It seemed to go down quite well - slide presentation with a few supporting props and a bit of local history thrown in too.
Things seem to be growing pretty well - a reasonable amount of fruit on still relatively young trees.
Annoyingly I've had a couple of wheelbarrows stolen (despite being secured with a lock and chain) and a few bags of compost and some young trees in pots that I had put ready to plant.
I don't tend to leave anything around, so an opportunistic theft by someone with a van and bolt-cutters, overnight on Friday 31st of July...
More positively, the castle across the river has had a make-over with improved public access, including steps onto its upper level and better information boards after a community focussed archaeological eexercise.
I also had a brief spell in North Devon looking at a woodland project and a nosey at some established traditional orchards.
Next task is trying to brew some meadowsweet ale before the flowers are past it...
Oooh just saw you on TV and thought it was brilliant! Well done! I drive everybody mad going on about not being able to get locally grown apples! I hope one day I'll be able to buy some of your apples - or maybe you can set up an "apples by post" service and post them off to Blackpool!! :-) What do medlars taste like? I have heard they are tart - I like tart apples (I eat Bramleys a lot of the time) so wondered if they were more or less tart than they are.
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