tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post2355269141874939524..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: More Orchard PurningKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-54799940254685968802012-12-10T08:07:08.952+00:002012-12-10T08:07:08.952+00:00YeaH my wife wouldn't even dream of pruning th...YeaH my wife wouldn't even dream of pruning them! The ground where these are planted is clay so it took these trees a long while to get established.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-24184111960900323552012-12-10T08:06:04.897+00:002012-12-10T08:06:04.897+00:00These were from a number of different nuseries. Tr...These were from a number of different nuseries. Trees for life are really good (their trees always seem to be bigger than when you buy them the same age from somewhere else, and Adams Apples - the trees are quite small but if you're ordering a lot of trees they work out quite cheap.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-91195944193859732772012-12-10T08:03:46.171+00:002012-12-10T08:03:46.171+00:00I think it's great to keep old varities alive....I think it's great to keep old varities alive. Peaches dont really do that well here unless you can give them a bit of protection - maybe in the future I'll have a walled garden to grow them in!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-28560623093273802302012-12-04T06:54:06.808+00:002012-12-04T06:54:06.808+00:00We need to prune our trees, but are letting them g...We need to prune our trees, but are letting them get a bit bigger first so they set some root down. Our summers are very hot here, and the roots need to be substantial. I probably would have trimmed them though, but am banned from doing so by my husband, the fruit trees being his project!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-59429390262719216612012-12-02T11:25:01.242+00:002012-12-02T11:25:01.242+00:00we are in the process of planning an orchard and p...we are in the process of planning an orchard and putting in our order for trees, I have been planting and pruning soft fruits though. The Squirrel Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970265671489926403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-45882243527358483012012-12-02T01:57:06.318+00:002012-12-02T01:57:06.318+00:00I need to work on my peach trees, they keep wantin...I need to work on my peach trees, they keep wanting to send up a main branch like they were some kind of lumber tree. I have some unknown variety that I rescued from my great grand parents orchard before it was destroyed. I really have to stay after them to keep them opened up and within reach. Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com