Since we have decided to stay here on the farm, we are getting on with those things that we have wanted to do, but were not worth doing if we were only here for a short time.
First up on Country Boy’s list is the orchard. Just the name ‘orchard’ sounds amazing. I imagine the kids climbing trees and swinging from their fruit laden boughs. Possibly I read too much Enid Blyton as a child. The reality is a few years off yet, but we are keen to get the trees in over winter.
We have been researching varieties of apples and pears, and debating how much of each fruit type we need. We want to get lots of different varieties that you don’t normally see in the shop. Being a horticulturalist, Country Boy understands all the ins and outs of growing the plants, whilst I am only interested in whether the fruit is tasty and good for cooking with.
Country Boy is also working out how to fence it in so that the sheep don’t get in, and how to net it so that the birds don’t take the fruit. Turns out it is a lot more complicated than just whacking a few trees in the ground… who knew!!??
Hopefully in a few years time we will have a whole lot of fruit, to go along with the whole lot of vegetables we grow. My goodness… not sure if I will be able to cope with that!
Have you got any suggestions for fruits we just have to grow??
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Love fresh fruit, our orange tree is full to the brim at the moment, so yummy. I am patiently waiting for our Fig tree to grow and bear fruit. It was so exciting to get our first mangoes this past summer. I would love a nashi tree if I was down your way I think!
I have no idea, as very few things actually grow in Darwin! I'm excited for you though! Nothing quite like fresh fruit 🙂
What a beautiful thing to plan – an orchard! I would suggest a pomegranate tree – I love mine. Love your photos xx
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Love pomegranates too. It is on the list, but not sure if it will grow down here!
Wonderful, how I would love the room for an orchard. I have a peach tree and a santa rosa(satsuma)plum which are good. My mum has a prune plum tree(sorry I don't know the exact name), I love them. What about a walnut tree? Or one of the crosses like Plumcot or Peacharine, or Nashi.
They sound like fun! We are thinking we will put in some nuts later too!
I'm watching with interest we planted a duel variety grafted apple tree. Name escapes me right now because I didn't get enough sleep.
We have a little olive grove.
The cows eat my roses so we keep them away from fruit trees.
No suggestions on trees, but just wanted to say how lovely it must be to be considering this. Reminds me a bit of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes and their ancient farm with it's orchards and bees. There is something so romantic about orchards. I hope that you get years of enjoyment from yours when they are planted.
We live subtropical, so put in avocados and citrus…but citrus? Strawberries? Fig? Gosh…everything! Apple trees are so beautiful. I sometimes wish we lived in a cooler climate. x