Fruit trees ordered

We have just ordered the first fruit trees for the orchard:

Apple

• Egremont Russett 
  
• Queen Cox 
  
• Cobra 
  
• Charles Ross 
  

Pears

• Beth 
  
• Concorde 
  

Plums

• Opal 
  
• Guinevere 
  

Cherries

• Sunburst 

• Stella 
  

Crab apple

• Golden Hornet (Yellow) 
  
• Sentinal (Red)  
  

Quince

• Serbian Gold 
  

We'll be planting these during the next few months. It is only a start with others to follow.

Update 27/03/2014 - We've also included a Walnut tree kindly donated by our neighbours. It is now planted.

Update: 24/08/2014 - We've added a King James I Mulberry tree to the orchard.

Fruit and the Bees in the Orchard

We're planning to plant a variety of fruit trees in the orchard. We'll plant some tasty variety of apple and pear of the type not normally found on supermarket shelves. There'll also be some soft fruits too. We have already visited several nurseries, including Meynell Langley, to investigate the varieties of trees suitable for our plans. Rob Walker at Meynell Langley was a useful source of information

We are planning to install a couple of bee hives in the Orchard once the disturbance of clearing the land and coppicing the trees is complete. Hopefully this will occur sometime in the summer of 2014.