Ravendale House

It’s no secret that this year has been rubbish for growing just about everything due to the poor Spring and Summer weather. Therefore it came as no surprise to me when the apple harvest was poor compared to previous years. And yet.

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Now that’s a title I didn’t expect to be using about the summer of 2012, but credit where it’s due, 2012 has been a good year for blackcurrants. Or at least it’s been a good year for mine.

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Back in September I wrote a review of my gardening year, which you can read about here. To be honest, I think the 7th of September was a bit early to be reviewing the year, but I guess I was short of something to write about at the time.

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Life is just a bowl of cherries, and here are some I picked earlier.

    
 

 

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Things have been happening apace here, so I thought it was about time for a general update. Now where shall I start? The weather perhaps.

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Today was glorious, but cold, so after lunch I ventured into the garden with my wheelbarrow. I’m not sure if this was a smart move or not.

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Today we had another beautiful, bright and sunny afternoon, but oh so very, very windy. I have to confess to being a bit of a fair weather gardener, and I certainly don’t like wind.

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I might have been pleased with Billy the shed the other day, but I’m not so pleased with my apple trees today. Something is eating the bark from round the bottom of them. Could it be rabbits? I don’t know, I haven’t seen bunnies in the garden since last Spring and there are no droppings apparent on the ground, but something is certainly eating my trees.

We bought these 10 apple trees about 5 years ago so they’re just nicely getting into their stride, and we’ve had some tasty apples already. They make a lovely apple walk between the bench and the arch so we can’t do with losing them now. I need to protect them against whatever it is that is eating them alive.

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