Our 2 acre field will soon be an orchard. 9 varieties of cider apple trees are being planted in the next week or so. Better get the spade out!
With the windbreak/deer fence now complete and the sheep decanted to another area we are now marking out the location of the trees. OCD was kicking in so I think our lines are straight enough and spacing accurate using a low tech method with 5m measuring planks and sight lines. All being well we anticipate our first batch of blended craft cider will be available in 2018.
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| Bad light stopped play, but managed to get almost half the orchard "pegged out" |
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| All posts are numbered according to our orchard plan. |
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| Prototype tree protection. Scratching posts for the sheep. |
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| 4 weeks of scratching and they appear to be up to the job. Time will tell. |
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| Our low tech method of measuring planks and sight lines has worked well. |
