Homesteading (35): Autumnal plenty
It has generally been a good year, particularly with our young orchard. On the theme of one’s own domestic food production, I was reading this article in the…
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Thx for watching. I run a summer school outside York for six weeks every
summer and we also had a ten day holiday in Newmarket near Cambridge – as a
result, the garden needed a lot of work when we got back to Poland.
Ivan Kinsman
September 10, 2014 at 4:10 am
Can get windy but so far, so good – we use the test of gently tugging the
apple and, if it wants to come off, then we pick them. That’s a lot of rain
so you must be happy about it. We lost two young hens – they kept escaping
from the pen – so would be nice to have some young chicks but very late in
the year for them!
Ivan Kinsman
September 10, 2014 at 4:13 am
Beautiful Apple Tree, so many apples on such a small tree, do you get a lot
of wind in the autumn. Might want to pick them soon if you do. Egg
production has slowed here too I have 4 broody hens and several that are
moulting. My one artichoke in the hoop house is producing it’s first choke
now. We had a hot dry summer too and really appreciated the tail end of
hurricane Isaac earlier this week 114 mm of much need rain and not very
much wind.
Dale Calder
September 10, 2014 at 4:38 am
I would get cracking with making the apple cider as that will get you
through the long boring Polish winter. Looks like it is time to despatch
that old cock – coq au cidre?
BalkanSkiChalet
September 10, 2014 at 5:36 am
The orchard looks absolutely fantastic. I also have a plum tree in my front
yard, I had no idea it took so long to produce, mine has been planted for 3
1/2 years and nothing, I was starting to get discouraged.
loveofvegetables
September 10, 2014 at 6:06 am
Yes, we felt the same about ours so when they do finally arrive you feel it
has been worth all the waiting!
Ivan Kinsman
September 10, 2014 at 6:46 am
Very good. I have friends in Wigton England and I I love it there when I
visit.
Kochtim7
September 10, 2014 at 7:43 am
Good to see you back home, I’v missed the videos. Where in the UK were you?
Kochtim7
September 10, 2014 at 8:05 am