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Apple Day!
What a difference a year makes! This time last year weekends in October were being devoted to all things apple, from bobbing to cider tasting, apple cake competitions to orchard walks, and fruit nurseries the length of the country were hosting open days with tasting and advice.
Ah me, we can sigh, yet another casualty of the pandemic. But apples are still ripening and being harvested, so maybe we just have to think of new ways of celebrating. I’m going to seek out varieties I’ve never tried before - never even heard of (I recently enjoyed a Reinette d’Ananas at The Newt in Somerset). Check out farm shops and local markets, talk to apple-growing neighbours (who will almost always have a surplus). Swap views and news on your favourite social media - and let’s have ourselves a merry little tasting or two.
I’ve been talking this week to Sarah Wilson, she of the award-winning Roots and All podcasts. In her latest podcast we discuss heritage apples, and I learnt she is enthusiastically planning an orchard of her local varieties.
And an exciting piece of personal news: Heritage Apples has been shortlisted for the Garden Media Guild’s Peter Seagrove Practical Book of the Year! Winners announced next month … watch this space!
Ah me, we can sigh, yet another casualty of the pandemic. But apples are still ripening and being harvested, so maybe we just have to think of new ways of celebrating. I’m going to seek out varieties I’ve never tried before - never even heard of (I recently enjoyed a Reinette d’Ananas at The Newt in Somerset). Check out farm shops and local markets, talk to apple-growing neighbours (who will almost always have a surplus). Swap views and news on your favourite social media - and let’s have ourselves a merry little tasting or two.
I’ve been talking this week to Sarah Wilson, she of the award-winning Roots and All podcasts. In her latest podcast we discuss heritage apples, and I learnt she is enthusiastically planning an orchard of her local varieties.
And an exciting piece of personal news: Heritage Apples has been shortlisted for the Garden Media Guild’s Peter Seagrove Practical Book of the Year! Winners announced next month … watch this space!
