My fruit trees

carol43

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I have two Ballerina apple trees and one pear and over the years they have produced perhaps 10 apples and four pears. This year, however, they are covered in fruit. As I was diagnosed in March this year they are mocking my diabetes.
 
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DeejayR

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The polite name is Murphy's law. I have a greengage (banned) and blackcurrant (cautious consumption). The apricot I have despaired of fruiting so it's not so bad. We are about to buy a house with an orchard of 3 Bramleys and 2 pear trees. Ho hum.
Just think how much damage you might have done to yourself if you hadn't found the forum!
Er, does that help at all?
 

JAY1JAY1

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I have 5 apple , 2 pears, and 2 plum trees I manage to eat a little of there offerings and give a lot of it away along with strawberries gooseberries black currants red currants and raspberries I never know what I should have so I have a little and every one else get lots :(
 
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Totto

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Hubby used to eat most of our apples. This year it seems the winter apples will yield astonishingly and I'm on my own now. I might try to sell most of them.

Come to think of it, has anyone made wine from apples?
 
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@Totto sorry for your loss x


Apple cider vinegar production might be a good way to use up apples and may even lower bg levels. Has anyone tried making their own?
 
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Celeriac

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I feel your pain. We have a pinot noir grape vine, two Brown Turkey fig trees, blackberry straggler and three olive trees in our garden.
 
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chri5

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Get a log burner, that way the trees come in handy for a while at least!
 
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