Friday again.
This week has been hard work. I've just been getting over the flu (I'm now in the severe coughing stage), and then my youngest just got sick on Wednesday. Very disruptive when I'm trying to establish a good routine for the term. On the positive side, now that I theoretically know what I'm doing with homeschooling, it's been a lot easier than previous years getting started, even with the disruption of being sick.
I also have been thinking about what apple trees to plant. I am so over buying apples from the supermarket that are not fresh. Right now it's alright, and most of the apples I buy I don't have to throw out, but seriously, some times of the year are really bad. So my plan is to grow my own apples.
I once went to an apple orchard as part of a kindergarten outing a number of years back, and the apples straight off the trees were amazing (they let us pick three apples each, as we walked around). Ever since then I have kept that memory of the super fresh apple alive.
Last year I planted my first apple tree. It was a Royal Gala (my favourite) on dwarf root stock (will grow to 3m). It wasn't supposed to fruit, since it had just been planted, but you can't keep a good apple tree down for that little tree gave us four apples this year.
So, now I'm inspired. I need to plant more trees, but covering a wider season.
Apparently there is an old apple variety being introduced into NZ this May on dwarf root stock called "Mother".
This week has been hard work. I've just been getting over the flu (I'm now in the severe coughing stage), and then my youngest just got sick on Wednesday. Very disruptive when I'm trying to establish a good routine for the term. On the positive side, now that I theoretically know what I'm doing with homeschooling, it's been a lot easier than previous years getting started, even with the disruption of being sick.
I also have been thinking about what apple trees to plant. I am so over buying apples from the supermarket that are not fresh. Right now it's alright, and most of the apples I buy I don't have to throw out, but seriously, some times of the year are really bad. So my plan is to grow my own apples.
I once went to an apple orchard as part of a kindergarten outing a number of years back, and the apples straight off the trees were amazing (they let us pick three apples each, as we walked around). Ever since then I have kept that memory of the super fresh apple alive.
Last year I planted my first apple tree. It was a Royal Gala (my favourite) on dwarf root stock (will grow to 3m). It wasn't supposed to fruit, since it had just been planted, but you can't keep a good apple tree down for that little tree gave us four apples this year.
So, now I'm inspired. I need to plant more trees, but covering a wider season.
Apparently there is an old apple variety being introduced into NZ this May on dwarf root stock called "Mother".
Imagine creamy yellow flesh that is juicy, sweet and acidulous with a distinctive balsamic flavour- and reminiscent of pear drops.Sounds amazing. Anyway, are there any other varieties I should be looking at buying that people just love?
~ Garden NZ