So this is what I have been doing for the last couple of weeks on and off......
The apricots are from my grandmother's tree, our tree and from a friend of the family's tree. Amazingly they are completly different flavour and texture-wise, those from our tree were rich orange coloured with such flavour and scent that I could have eaten them all day (and very nearly did!).
I think the tree is definitely happy where we planted it, which I was a bit concerned about, because the clay layer is very close to the surface in our garden and I had heard that they preferred sandy soil (which ours is definitely not).
Oh and my apples are fattening up nicely.... I had a quick look at them this morning and I think they will be large and sweet and juicy this year, as opposed to the smallish and a bit tart ones that we got last year..... there are a LOT more too! My daughter has asked me if she could have her own apple tree.... my immediate thought was that it would be a better idea than getting a pet at this stage, less responsibility, and she gets the enjoyment of growing her own food. She has plans for flowers somewhere in my garden too.... I don't know where they are going to go..... I have been so disorganised this summer that my weeds have weeds growing in them. I thought that if I got her a ballerina apple tree that it could go in a pot and live on the tiles near their sand pit and play house.
I need to go and sort out my kitchen again, my son has high hopes for cake (I made one last week in a fit of enthusiasm and I was told 'mummy you can make another cake when we run out of bits from this one'), I just want to get my benches clean and tidy and have them stay that way for more than five minutes. (I know, wishful thinking).
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