Pruning ... and fruit?

In mid-August Lewis and Amber from The London Orchard Project made a follow-up visit to the Roots to Fruit mini-orchard to inspect our trees, see how we were doing and show us how to prune the plum trees for the first time.  Tree-hugger Nicky came along, keen to expand his tree knowledge and we were both interviewed for a short film about the LOP.  I'll share the link when/if it gets onto their website.

Guess what we spotted whilst pruning...... plums!  Four ripe plums on the Blue Tit - a beautiful dark blue (just like the one in the photo) and a couple of unripe ones on the Victoria.  Quite unexpected as our trees are young and we were not expecting to see any fruit on any of them for a year or so. 

Jolly delicious they were too - a taste of many future harvests to come.

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Are you a "Tree Hugger"?

As well as planting the trees, we need to make sure they are looked after.  That's why we need "tree huggers" or volunteer carers to help us with watering, pruning and inspecting the trees for insect infestations and other damage.

If you would like to volunteer please contact us via the blog.

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