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Apricots:
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Clapp's pears:
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Meteor cherries:
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Apples (these are Spartans, I think):
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Stanley plums (which look exactly the same as the greengages right now):
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The gooseberries are looking good, too:
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In one corner of the orchard Mike is working on a bigger outside run for the chicks. The longer term plan is to allow the chickens to range freely in the orchard for at least some of the time. I hope they'll keep the bugs down. I need to train them to go back into the run when I want them to though, before I will feel comfortable about doing that.
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4 comments:
In no time you will be busy preserving fruit.
Donna
Hi Amanda- I plan to allow my chicks into the little orchard on my place too. I hope they will eat most bugs in the area. Your fruit trees look very nice!
To be able to grow apricots - what bliss!
Linda - yes, apricots might not ripen in a Scottish summer, I suppose! But the springs are too cold for me to be able to grow sweet cherries or peaches here, so there are things I hanker after, too...
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