The birds didn’t get all of the cherries:
And in spite of the late spring freezes, we did get a few apples:
So far no one has eaten them, so there is some hope.
August 17, 2019
The birds didn’t get all of the cherries:
And in spite of the late spring freezes, we did get a few apples:
So far no one has eaten them, so there is some hope.
August 17, 2019
They are waiting for the apples to get rid. They probably stop by daily to check. LOL
Make that ‘ripe’ not ‘rid’.
Our experience is hungry birds and animals don’t object to unripe fruit. When Andy puts nets on the cherries he does it long before they ripen. We don’t know why the apples are still there, but we will let you know. 😀
whoopie …fruit untouched, even by human hands!
We will see how long that lasts. 😀
Always good if you can keep the wildlife from eating the fruit
Andy could protect them with nets, but it’s a lot of work and he has a lot of other things on his plate.
What kind of apples are they? There are so many varieties. I worked at a small apple orchard for 19 years…at one point we had about 2000 trees, and in those there were 27 varieties!
Wow! Ours are Cortland, Gravenstein, Yellow Transparent, Wealthy, and Early Geneva. The season is short up there, so we are limited. Andy’s hoping that the Cortland apples will survive because he wants to know if they’re even feasible. Will they ripen too late?
We had Cortlands…I loved them for apple crisp. I have heard of the Gravenstein and the Yellow Transparent and would love to try them, but I have never seen them.
The orchard I worked at was a small place…a mom and pop…I was their only year round employee. One of the sons and his wife have it now and has changed so much…I don’t know what they have left that was there when I was there.
Even before I left we had cut down almost all of the red delicious because people just didn’t buy them. And truth be told, if I was test tasting them, I very seldom ate it…I spit it out. Even if it was ready.
We love Cortlands but don’t know if they will ripen up there. We’re trying the Gravensteins because of warm memories from my youth — they were once a primary crop in northern California until the orchards were replaced by vineyards. The other three are supposed to ripen early.
That’s neat about your orchard experience. 🙂
Interesting about all your apple varieties. We live near an apple orchard and Jonagolds will be in season soon. I saw your p.s. about your temp being 90 today. UGH! Maybe it will cool off soon!
Yes, fingers crossed about the weather. We have an air conditioner in our living room, but it was 85 up on the land today and Andy came home really tired because of it. Mostly he has trouble with being too cold. He likes it about 76.