I promised Micki a tour of the new residence soon and, as I am ‘self-banning’ myself from the heath over the Easter weekend, I thought now was the moment. Although I am afraid that for today it is garden only as the house has been temporarily turned into a film studio so that I can film the presentation for the FreeFrom Food Awards at the end of the month.
Anyhow, above is my lovely wonky Bramley apple tree and here are some of its flowers.
And here are Arwen and Boris waiting to welcome you. Arwen, as always, looking rather dubious about strangers invading his space…
..and Boris, as always, having established ownership!
And here they are sharing breakfast with me.
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And here you go with grand tour…..
And to finish, the view over the garden wall down to the garden of Beechwood, of which more another day.
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Sooo glad to see Boris settled in so comfortably – and of course Arwen. Keats and Big Boy send them salutations. Their new fave thing is having tummies scratched as there is still some winter fluff to remove – fingers are best they insist….
I must admit, that does sound very good – putting myself in a horse’s position obviously!
From Wikipedia: “Bramley’s Seedling apple trees are large, vigorous, spreading and long-lived. They tolerate some shade. The apples are very large, two or three times the weight of a typical dessert apple. They are flat with a vivid green skin which becomes red on the side which receives direct sunlight.[2] The tree is resistant to apple scab and mildew and does best when grown as a standard in somewhat heavy clay soil.[2] It is a heavy and regular bearer, and as a triploid, it has sterile pollen. It needs a pollinator but cannot pollinate in return, so it is normally grown with two other varieties of apple for pollination.”
Sterile pollen….interesting! Is there a pollinating apple tree near by?
That’s interesting Tom. There is certainly no other apple tree in my garden but my next door neighbour on that side has a Worcester Permain – although I think that is quite a young tree as he is espaliering up his back wall – whereas mine has been there for some years. However, there are, as you can see, lots of other gardens all around so it is more than likely that at least one of them has a pollinating apple. Someone must have somewhere as there were at least 50 large apple rotting on the ground when I came.
You don’t have Bramley apples in the States but they are the most delicious cookers – sharp but sweet – and they dissolves into a light fluffy pulp.
Looks great – lots of potential, as you say, and I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with it over the years! Is it a communal garden then as your neighbour was in there or do you just let people sit in it? Lovely to see the pusscats again too, they look very happy already. Did you have to keep them in for a bit?
HI Micki – no not a communal garden but the ex-owner of the house who was due to move out of upstairs on March 27th but got caught by the virus!!! Since we could not have started building work anyhow till mid May he is just staying on until he is allowed to move….
The cats are fine – settled in very well. I did keep them in for a out three weeks, much to their annoyance. But thay are now perfectly cool about their new abode. How have you worked it with all your moving around?…..
Ah yes, a lot of people have got stuck, I fear. I hope we’re not going to be one of them! Where we are moving to, luckily they owned two flats in the building so have moved out of ‘ours’ and into their other one weeks ago for us. Minnie has taken to being a top floor house cat quite well; actually less anxious. I think us being close to her all the time suits her separation anxiety tendencies! I am looking forward to giving her some outside space again so she can munch grass to her heart’s content. She thinks she is a cow, I’m sure!
Maybe actually being a house cat would suit her long term? If she is that much ore relaxed maybe the grass will have lost its appeal!!! Fingers crossed you do get to move….
Boris appears to have found pride of place surveying the pleasant surroundings in ‘his’ Lloyd Loom. Wonderful!
He always chooses the best, Chris!!