Hello everyone, We have planted 90 acorns in situ in a paddock that has tagasaste trees growing at the uphill end of it, where the soil is very poor, and needs...
Hi Charlie, I also dislike planting in lines - you don't really find straight lines in nature. R. Buckminster Fuller (inventor, mathematician) said in...
Hi The only thing i heard that travels in striaght lines is light but that also travels in waves as well, i never heard how it was able to do two things at the...
... Hello Martin, I suppose it's perception for those of us that aren't too literal. Like perfection, in nature nothing is perfect, and yet everything that is...
Hi Charlie and Martin, (nice one for the Ray Bradbury quote, by the way) Light waves appear to travel in straight lines, it's true, but they (or rather, their...
hi all while we are on the topic of perfect imperfection i would just like to add. What makes some thing so strange to appear magical is some thing that is...
Hello Icculus I like this thread we are on it throws up some interesting philosphical, physical and spiritual ideas. Life is imperfection but this is because...
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Hi Anna, Thanks for posting the link to all your apple info. As it way more than covered what I had you saved me a big job <smile> which would have had to wait...
... That site looks good Martin. It will be interesting to see how it develops. Thanks for posting the link. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524...
Hi Roni, You are welcome, and I wish I had been around since to reply to this, but as you will have gathered by now I had a lot to do and plans for a lovely...
Hi Silverhawk I will contact you individually for a chat. Thanks for your lovely long reply. I like Coppella but i think some other organic juices are nice. As...
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Hello Silverhawk, I hope your days are magic, and the turmoil in your life has generated realisation of how fortunate we are. It's Friday here and I wonder...
Hi, well I thought I would be celbrating spring on monday, but looks like my furry hat will still be with me, and no sign of the suns returning! I love trees,...
Hello Lovely Person I don't live that close - Devon. I have lots of hazel in my hedge and the catkins have been there now for many months. I coppice a little...
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Hello, I hope everyone is well and enjoying your spring or autumn, as the case may be. It's spring here (northeast USA, cool temperate, USDA zone 5-6), and...
Hello Steve, Nice to hear from you. We are at the other end of the season scale, and are looking toward winter and, as is normal, it has been very dry. The...
Hi back! I'm jumping up and down for joy (looking somewhat like Baba yaga, probably), because I have just acquired an orchard!!! Mind, it's under 30foot of...
In a message dated 31/03/2006 08:57:31 GMT Standard Time, ... And I'm a very jealous girl! Where do you live, Janval, and what trees are currently in the...
LOL. Someone after my own heart! I'm in Leicestershire and it was a 'spooky' thing that led me to it. A series of coincidences that just plonked it in my lap,...
Sounds brilliant Janval. Hope it all goes well. Charlie ... -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A cynic is a man who knows...
Hello Janval Enjoy your orchard. Mine is lovely, though small. Roni...
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Hello Steve pleased that spring is finding you at last. we have had aseries of false springs here in the UK but I think the real one is finally here. It has...
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... Hi all Do my 2 apple trees and 2 pear trees count as an orchard? And how many more trees will I need to qualify? :-) Go well ian...
I'm just about to plant a new orchard. I'll post some photos when it's a bit more than just marker sticks in the ground. Varieties going in will be: Beauty of...
Hello Roni, That looks nothing short of brilliant. Lush and rather lovely. We have just had another 5 mm of rain, and we are chuffed. This is a good time to...
... Hello Ian, I reckon that's enough. Orchard is a state of mind, and one must wonder, does more of anything make the pleasure greater? Maybe the old saying...
... Hello Ted, What are those varieties? Apples? I have never heard of them here in Oz, are they new? Are they old maybe? Heritage fruits? Be well, Charlie -- ...
... Thanks Ted, I suppose they are nice tasting apples? Or good for cooking? I know that I once had a couple of trees that were called Stamens Winesap, if my...