This week we noticed our first plum crop was ripening which we believe to be the Herman variety. We have about 8 trees so Richard and Julianne picked these last evening and got about 16 x 12 lb trays. Surprisingly the quality appeared quite good with few damaged or bad ones. We are selling a few via Oxholme Farm shop and a farmer/wholesaler Richard knows,offered to take and sell the rest! I also saved a few to make our first home made jam from our produce - plum and cinnamon.
When I arrived at the farm this afternoon I heard that there was kayaking on the pond! I went down to see what was going on but Richard, William and George had just pulled the kayak out onto the bank. However I was sent a photo see below! Think we need to get some life jackets! George in kayak, William on bank Oscar Aaron and Oscar I also checked to see how the fruit was growing, they're getting bigger although doesn't look like a large crop of plums but plenty of apples and pears. Victoria plums pears cox apples wildflower meadow
It has been lovely seeing new life on the farm this Spring including a blackbird nesting in our old shed, great tits successfully fledging from one of our bird boxes, ducklings and moorhen chicks on the ponds but especially last evening I was able to spend over 10 minutes watching a young fox cub exploring in the orchard until it trotted off.
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