Thanks, I just wish I could work out how to resurrect our apple trees, they have had quite aperiod of neglect but are still cropping quite heavily. Also have no idea as to the types either, I know we have some cookers and some eating. We have found ripe damsons and crabapples, and discovered a large clump of horseradish that I was about to pull up thinnking it was dockleaf weed...luckily my MIL recognised it before I did!
At the moment we are busy hacking back undergrowth and finding more raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries than we could ever imagine. Also have a huge fig tree cropping away merrily. Has been hard work so far, but loving every moment.
Hi Nell If your apple trees are cropping quite heavily then best left alone according to one book I read recently, although you have to watch out for those that crop heavily one year and do nothing the next - no reflection on the trees vitality. The only thing to do is perhaps crop branches that are either in the way, not productive at all or making harvesting difficult. Why make work or yourself, you will have enough to do elsewhere - and that is from experience
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Thanks- have been reading up on every gardening book possible, we inherited some lovely 1980's books which make fascinating reading!
We also have a walnut tree, and got the grand total of 2 this year, apparently that was double last years, and that one the squirrel had! Also found a sad pear tree, with only one lonesome pear on it. So that needs some tlc.
Will try and post some pics, will have to see if pics are meant to go in a specific place.
This is the help you need for adding pictures, you can't just add photos from your own computer unfortunately but there are ways and means . We are just a year ahead of you on the working the land lark but our only previous experience is living in Derbyshire and gardening for 20 years. We have 33 acres in Latvia but some of that is woodland, some of it is turning into woodland and some of it is meadowland on a steep hill - it was a ski hill, that tells you how steep. We have had to build our polytunnel and only planted our apple trees and fruit bushes this year and currently in the middle of having a barn built - we are always currently in the middle of having something built as it seems to take ages here for some reason or another.
What an exciting time for you guys, Nell, hacking away and finding all that good stuff. Welcome and thanks for joining in. Looking forward to your pics. Best upload them to Photobucket and find the instructions for posting them in the Help and How-to forum.
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I thought I did, cripes, will never get the hang of this...
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No worries, Nell. It's worth persevering until you get it right.
Take a look again at the instructions.
You need to copy and pasted the part that starts with [IMG]http:// . . .
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