Life on the Orchard

I'm on a roll today. We have been busy in the orchard.


First we had the crop to grow



Then we had to deal with the harvest




Then we had to get it pruned


Next came the removal of those big gums and poplars you can see in the background of this picture. But they had to be removed without destroying the shelter. A big job but the two guys who did it were great and did the job with minimal damage.



We got a few loads of logs out of it to help offset the cost. Not to mention firewood for next winter.




And now we are having all the end assemblies replaced. Note the skyline without the gums etc.






And the long and the short of all this is that there is no spare bucks for overseas travel but hopefully we will see an increase in production and the size of our fruit over the next couple of years. Fingers crossed anyway.

July 2010

Am finally updating my blog. We haven't done a lot during the past year apart from a few local motorcycle rides and a trip down South in the truck with our good friend Marty Dickerson from the USA. Here area few pics from that trip just to make absent Kiwis homesick and try to encourage some of our overseas friends out for a visit. Beds are waiting....................

It has been quite a while since I've posted pics etc here so am not sure how they will turn out. I always struggled with layout on this blog site. Hope they are not to jumbled.