Archive for May, 2008

May
7th 2008
First signage

Posted under Management & Infrastructure & Pictures

When I was first researching how we might install signage at the orchard, I looked at the various commercially available options. They were all fairly bland and uninteresting, unless you wanted to pay a fortune for something bespoke. I thought a better approach would be to try something more rustic. At the time we had Geoff from GD Garden Services helping us with our garden, a major part of which was manhandling oak sleepers to form raised beds and seating. This made me think it would be quite impressive to use sleepers to mount the signage - but they had two major drawbacks:

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May
1st 2008
Horse guests

Posted under Flora & Fauna & Management & Infrastructure & Pictures

Horses on the orchard

We have put some horses on the lower part of the orchard site to help with the management of some of the dense undergrowth, to facilitate later planting in that area.

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