orchard

  • Orchard in May

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    rollinggarden

     This could be a good orchard year. Despite the cold March and the beginning of April, the rest was unusually warm. There wasn’t a single day with frost temperatures, and the orchard has used this fact in the best possible…

  • Orchard is waking up

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    rollinggarden

      There’s always that one tree that never gives fruits. In my garden that’s a plum. A very early yellow plum usually flowers first and because of this flowers usually freeze. The same thing is happening this year, the crazy…

  • Orchard pruning part 2

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    rollinggarden

      We finally did it. The orchard has been pruned. We managed to find one warm enough day without the wind and finish with the apple pruning. This time my hubby helped me trim the higher branches, so we managed…

  • Whole lot of nothing and a wrong something

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    rollinggarden

     I haven’t been writing about my orchard this year because there was absolutely nothing to write about. The frost that we had during the first 10 days of April, with temperatures below -5°C(23°F), killed absolutely every flower in the orchard….

  • Orchard pruning

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    rollinggarden

     The first thing we do in the new gardening season is always orchard pruning. Before I used to do it alone and it took me at least 4 days. The past couple of years my hubby helps me and now…