Daydream thread continues.....

RAS

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Apple trees? talking to a neighbour, he told me that he gave the previous owner an apple tree, as it went too big for his garden, he said he must have bought it in the 70's, and cant remember what flavour/variety it is, it has never fruited.... so i presume it needed another one to cross-polinate? yes?

sooooooooooo the dilema is, how do i find out what apple tree to buy so it can polinate to produce apples?

CTC

Taking the pragmatic approach to this problem.

See if you can spot other apple trees in the immediate area; by now the buds should be forming and the early ones turning pink. If it is steep, go for trees on the same contour, if it is flattish, just go for the nearest trees.

Ask there owners which variety they are. It does not matter if they flower at the same time as long as you can identify one or two trees by name.

Record the date when the identified varieties flower and when your tree flowers.

From that we can work out which varieties would work to polleniate your tree.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

managed to get my small camera working...

so here are some pics...

cleared area...( where the first lot of pigs are going to be homed)

fire pit and bbq:D

hubby playing with his chainsaw

and the next section to be cleared( this is what the cleared area looked like)


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COOLTRIKERCHICK

dont know what happened to the first pic, so here goes



Thanks Ras...

To be honest i havent looked at the tree since the weekend, so tomorrow i will take a look, and take some pics.... of the leaves etc, so you can talk me through it, There is another apple tree in the garden on the other side of the house...

rozeepozee

Hi guys. Being at home with the kids for two and a half weeks has floored me but things should settle down now. I feel like I've had the wind knocked out of my sails a little but I'm beginning to get my enthusiasm back after less than ideal news about the costs of the build and confusion over the boundary. The latter has delayed a partial move up to the bungalow because we want the fencing done before we do. Hopefully this will be resolved before the end of the month....

As of next week we will have four child free mornings a week to ourselves. Maybe we will see some progress after that.

Davesnave

Looks great CTC, and the piggies will soon sort out those bramble roots!

Glad RAS may have an answer to your apple conundrum too. Wasn't too sure what to say/do.

My news is that we have fitted one set of sliding doors to the polytunnel and visited RHS Rosemoor for more ideas. We especially like the way they train their soft fruit as fans/cordons for efficiency and tidiness.

lostinrates

Huge progress ctc!

rozeepozee

Talk to me about burning things

I've been told by an ageing local that we're not allowed to burn things. He said that the plane that flew overhead was on the look out for such things.

Countryside rules are beyond me! Where do I find out whether I'm allowed to do stuff on the land?

Itismehonest

Good going CTC

He may be having you on, Rozee.
It's not unknown for locals to come up with some real corkers for incomers around here but it's not meant nastily.
On the other hand it could be completely true. Some places do have By-laws covering fires (eg not to be lit until after a certain time in the day) & other weird & wonderful things - but bonfires in rural areas are usually OK.
You'd probably find the answer somewhere on the Local Authority's site.

Going back into hibernation here. Wet, windy, cold

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

Talk to me about burning things

I've been told by an ageing local that we're not allowed to burn things. He said that the plane that flew overhead was on the look out for such things.

Countryside rules are beyond me! Where do I find out whether I'm allowed to do stuff on the land?

It's possible someone elderly believes that, as small planes might sometimes be used to spot potential moorland & mountain fires. However, apart from urban areas where there may be by laws, it must be OK to burn non-toxic waste, like wood/weeds.

Think about it; how would hedging be done, for example, without bonfires? Not everyone has a chipper or could get one to woodland sites.

More important is when things are burnt. A week ago, areas were tinder dry, and in suitable places grass & brush fires would be easily started. CTC knows about that!

The other thing is where the smoke and sparks go. My bonfire site is only 25 metres from a thatcher's storage barn, so there are days when it wouldn't be sensible to have a burn-up. Fortunately, the thatchers are in the same area as the residential barns, whose owners wouldn't be happy to receive all the smoke produced either.

lostinrates

Its not legal to burn muckheaps anymore, i know that. I also know horse places ofetn ignore it. My neighbours in the next road have a muck heap fire about monthly.

I don't ever burn mine anyway, but it does smoke away itsself often enough. Not much any one can do about that!