Its all happening in the fruit department. All I have to do now is protect it from the bird and insect pests so that I can eat it myself.
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nectarine tree in blossom with the dak pot to monitor the fruit fly population |
Nectarine fruit starting to ripen |
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Passionfruit flowers now out, which I fertilise by hand, because the bees are too busy looking for bigger sources of nectar. |
The results of my "hands on" fertilising |
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Even though I have 2 plum trees, one decided to flower on it's own. To pollinate it, I grabbed some flowers from a decorative plum tree in the street and put them in a jar next to the tree. It worked ! |
Apples starting to form on the red delicious apple tree in the chicken run. |