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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Apple Trees
Progress from the apple trees…
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- Apple blossom
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- Old apple tree
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- Red Devil blossom
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- Early Windsor blossom
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- Apple blossom
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- Post blossom
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- Post blossom
May Flowers
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- Whitebeam flowers
Deer protection
Before we could get everything protected, the deer returned and stripped most of the leaves from the blackcurrant bushes. At least now everything is protected.
Deer protection in place
Laburnum flowers
The laburnum buds have been showing buds for quite a while, but only now have fully broken into flower.
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- Laburnum buds
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- Laburnum in flower
Whitebeam Leaves
The whitebeam buds have been visible for a while, but only now have finally broken into leaf. It was worth the wait…
Whitebeam leaves
Planting blackcurrant bushes
Somewhat on a whim, we decided to buy a couple of blackcurrant bushes to go in the ‘soft fruit’ area in front of the apple trees.
We decided on two varieties, Big Ben, a relatively new variety with very large berries, and Ben Lomond, a classic variety with good frost resistance and good yields. Hopefully we will get at least a few currants this year.
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- Planting Big Ben
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- Planting Ben Lomond
Oh deer!
We had an unwanted visitor last night which had its way with some of our new apple trees. For some reason it didn’t touch the old apple tree which had rather more leaf and blossom to give – maybe because that tree is much nearer the house.
Fortunately, some of the trees aren’t yet in leaf, so there wasn’t anything to damage, and the deer doesn’t seem to like our whitebeam or damson trees.
It will be a while before we get the back garden fully fenced off, so looks like we will have to get them protected with chicken wire.
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- Evidence
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- Some of the damage