We have a
mini orchard containing a couple of dozen fruit trees at our house. We have
citrus, stone fruit, apples and pears. It's always a battle to get to the fruit before the
bats, birds and possums rip them off the trees.
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| Orchard at Welwel |
Mr GeniAus is getting smart in his old age so he now nets a few of the trees before the fruit ripens up. This week he netted a mandarin tree that is an early ripener. He just delivered one of the mandos to my desk, it was juicy with a bright orange skin but it was still a bit tart. It will benefit from more time on the tree.
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| Not quite sweet yet |
I just wandered down to the orchard with my phone and took some snaps of what's in store for us in the next couple of months. Hopefully the local wildlife will leave some for us.
Some marmalade before you go?
ReplyDeleteIn your dreams! Hope someone comes around and relieves the trees of their loads
DeleteYou are very clever you two, so you are!
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