Tag Archives: apples
53. Cider Making
Kevin and I signed up for a Cider making course with Forth Environment Link and lead by Margaret Lear from Plants with Purpose the day after an epic Scottish Orchard Gathering in Dunblane. We had both had a fair amount of … Continue reading
33. Planting More Apple Trees
As mentioned before we were successful in getting another orchard grant from the Forth Valley Link (and all the funders at the bottom of this page) which is amazing! We decided to plant earlier this year in hopes to avoid the bad … Continue reading
Posted in Woodland Management
Tagged apples, beechbrae, blackridge, orchard, pears, treeplanting
Leave a comment
20. GREEN
Before leaving for holiday we had only seen months of browns and drab yellow colours around the orchard. Upon our return we were cheerfully greeted by many different shades of green, seedlings and apple blossoms! There is something special about … Continue reading
Posted in Woodland Management
Tagged allotment, appleblossoms, apples, ash, beechbrae, blossom, green, orchard, vegetables, willow, wizardbeans
Leave a comment
9. How to Plant a Fruit Tree
There are probably a few different ways to plant a fruit tree, but this is what we learned and how we did it. Choose a site: Dig a hole keeping the top soil separate from the sub soil: Dive a … Continue reading
Posted in Woodland Management
Tagged apples, beechbrae, how to, orchard, plant a tree, planting
Leave a comment
