I hate those fruit flies @SlimLizzy . I have a wormery, in a dustbin, with tiger worms. They make soil for me from tea bags, vegetable waste, and fruit waste etc.. If I throw in bruised unusable shop bought fruit, there are no fruit flies. But if I put in even one spoiled apple from my fruit trees which have no insecticides or anything sprayed on them, then next time I open that wormery dustbin lid, a thick cloud of fruit flies hits me in the face.09.09
7.40am. FBG 5.8
Am actually hungry this morning...Some virus sent me to bed for the best part of two days. Still feel a bit weak and shaky on my legs. Good news! NOT covid.
@ianpspurs and @dunelm am so jealous of your Apple trees, we had on arrival 24 Apple trees, 2 pear, 2 walnut and an enormous cherry tree. Turned out none of the fruit was fit to eat. We were instructed to cut down one pear, apparently too close to the fosse septique. I spent weeks testing all.of the different apples, hoping to find some good for cooking at least. But only three trees were barely passable. All lacking in flavour. Over the years some have fallen to nature, some have been deliberately removed. The trees have been neglected, are pest ridden and not even fit for cider. You can imagine the burden of collecting windfalls by wheelbarrowful(s) every day and taking to tip. Which is only open limited hours three times a week.
Of course it is easier to let them lie, MrSlim will happily chop them up with the mower giving every wasp, hornet or fruit fly easy access to the bounty. Making the outside space unusable. Also leads to further fruit fly infestations next year, which is why i dont want them dumped in our field. MrSlim still does not agree with me on this, but with far fewer Apple trees I can probably manage it myself. Once I am properly better.
@karen8967 belated Happy Birthday.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks. Things have to improve oneday!Thanks Gennepher,
It was ok.
Hope things for you are improving, it's been difficult for you of late.
The toilets were open at Haydon bridge and the road was not too bad going east, we took about two and quarter hours to do the 80 miles. 160 in a day is a bit much for me now, certainly after almost two years of just local travel.
It was hard walking around in the heat near the Freeman hospital in up to 29 degree heat. Downside is I have to go back in three months to see if the battery needs changing then.
There are major road works at Hexham junction and coming west a long build up of traffic so we took the old military road from near Heddon, that goes along the Roman wall to miss this coming back. Then we cut across back roads after Hexham to be sure of the toilet at Haydon bridge the ones at tourist centres on the wall are packed.
It was a relative clear run back to Carlisle after Haydon and going through all the lights were green and we were through down the A595 back home by just after 1700 .
Still quite hot around here into the evening.
.......So I am having a long lay in this am, with cloudy skies here for a change.
We need the rain, if it comes the gardens dying from drought.
Have a great day Gennepher and all.
D.
Thanks @ianpspursAnother fantastic piece of artwork @gennepher and Lidl sounds like a real pleasure. Baby OP now out of hospital, feeding as per but will have a cough for a few months. Seems this virus does that to all lucky prize winners. Nanny London staying put until she eats and drinks like a good gel.
Winner for the result and finding the working loo but hug for the journey and walking. Still, a win is a win and I'm big on wins - my enemies say obsessed byThanks Gennepher,
It was ok.
Hope things for you are improving, it's been difficult for you of late.
The toilets were open at Haydon bridge and the road was not too bad going east, we took about two and quarter hours to do the 80 miles. 160 in a day is a bit much for me now, certainly after almost two years of just local travel.
It was hard walking around in the heat near the Freeman hospital in up to 29 degree heat. Downside is I have to go back in three months to see if the battery needs changing then.
There are major road works at Hexham junction and coming west a long build up of traffic so we took the old military road from near Heddon, that goes along the Roman wall to miss this coming back. Then we cut across back roads after Hexham to be sure of the toilet at Haydon bridge the ones at tourist centres on the wall are packed.
It was a relative clear run back to Carlisle after Haydon and going through all the lights were green and we were through down the A595 back home by just after 1700 .
Still quite hot around here into the evening.
.......So I am having a long lay in this am, with cloudy skies here for a change.
We need the rain, if it comes the gardens dying from drought.
Have a great day Gennepher and all.
D.
Thaanks ian xBelated happy birthday @karen8967 and wonderful to hear you had a lovely day. Me no Swipey right now bandwidth occupied by useful staff. I was 4.9 on Stabbington this day in 2015 and still thought "this WOE is alright". Moving on. Hug for the loss of £s @dunelm - was violence needed? I'm sure a canny accountant can write that up as tax deductable or even claim a refund. Hug for the rogue ear infection, winner for the Magpie in the tree. @SlimLizzy hug for the illness and fruit tree issue. Apple wood has an amazingly wonderful smell when burned. couldn't the trees be felled, logged and used that way? Another fantastic piece of artwork @gennepher and Lidl sounds like a real pleasure. Baby OP now out of hospital, feeding as per but will have a cough for a few months. Seems this virus does that to all lucky prize winners. Nanny London staying put until she eats and drinks like a good gel. Good for Drs and nurses to be ambitious but a sense of realism helps. Dear friends, won't you join me in a large mug of Assam in remembrance of Charles Fuge Lowder?
I am finding this a lot recently @ianpspursWinner for the result and finding the working loo but hug for the journey and walking. Still, a win is a win and I'm big on wins - my enemies say obsessed by. Not sure how I missed your post since it is just above mine but honestly it wasn't there earlier. Hang tough chief. We Fen Tigers need to keep this lot on their mettle.
Another long day traveling in the heat and thank goodness for those toilets at Haydon Bridge. One of the great rules of life, “never pass up an opportunity to pee.”Thanks Gennepher,
It was ok.
Hope things for you are improving, it's been difficult for you of late.
The toilets were open at Haydon bridge and the road was not too bad going east, we took about two and quarter hours to do the 80 miles. 160 in a day is a bit much for me now, certainly after almost two years of just local travel.
It was hard walking around in the heat near the Freeman hospital in up to 29 degree heat. Downside is I have to go back in three months to see if the battery needs changing then.
There are major road works at Hexham junction and coming west a long build up of traffic so we took the old military road from near Heddon, that goes along the Roman wall to miss this coming back. Then we cut across back roads after Hexham to be sure of the toilet at Haydon bridge the ones at tourist centres on the wall are packed.
It was a relative clear run back to Carlisle after Haydon and going through all the lights were green and we were through down the A595 back home by just after 1700 .
Still quite hot around here into the evening.
.......So I am having a long lay in this am, with cloudy skies here for a change.
We need the rain, if it comes the gardens dying from drought.
Have a great day Gennepher and all.
D.
Beautiful
Lovely painting.
If the fruit is inedible - I don't want them renovated. We have already reduced the 24 down to 11.Oh dear, those fruit trees - if they are not of use then perhaps try gradually pruning them back each winter over a couple of years (they will be useful for wild life), then plant a new orchard on dwarfing rootstock so that they fruit quicker. You could of course try taking cuttings and trying to revive them - might be someone local who can do some grafts for you. If you fancy it, RHS has some good advice about this subject: https://www.rhs.org.uk/fruit/apples/renovating-old-trees
@gennepher dont know if you would approve but i use sticky pads impregnated with pheremones to attract only fruit flies...in the garden, not in the paddock.I hate those fruit flies @SlimLizzy . I have a wormery, in a dustbin, with tiger worms. They make soil for me from tea bags, vegetable waste, and fruit waste etc.. If I throw in bruised unusable shop bought fruit, there are no fruit flies. But if I put in even one spoiled apple from my fruit trees which have no insecticides or anything sprayed on them, then next time I open that wormery dustbin lid, a thick cloud of fruit flies hits me in the face.
So, what you must get from all your fruit trees and windfalls, must be absolutely horrendous. I am on your side with this. Mr Slim is outvoted...
I hate those fruit flies @SlimLizzy . I have a wormery, in a dustbin, with tiger worms. They make soil for me from tea bags, vegetable waste, and fruit waste etc.. If I throw in bruised unusable shop bought fruit, there are no fruit flies. But if I put in even one spoiled apple from my fruit trees which have no insecticides or anything sprayed on them, then next time I open that wormery dustbin lid, a thick cloud of fruit flies hits me in the face.
So, what you must get from all your fruit trees and windfalls, must be absolutely horrendous. I am on your side with this. Mr Slim is outvoted...
I approve of the fruit fly sticky pads @SlimLizzy@gennepher dont know if you would approve but i use sticky pads impregnated with pheremones to attract only fruit flies...in the garden, not in the paddock.
There are more than sufficient windfalls in the paddock/orchard/field without creating an even bigger fruit fly farm there.
Never enough time to rest @SlimLizzy the doing list multiplies ten fold during resting...Am doing a bit of the resting thing too, but there us so much needs doing...
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