Hello, on Wednesday October 28th - 8 adventurous gardeners joined Graeme and myself for the Royal Horticultural Society's Partnership Nursery Course 'Focus on Fruit'.
Still on cloud-nine from Saturday's Apple Day - an excellent day was had by all. Unlike Apple Day - the sun shone - blue skies - 20c - an astounding temperature for late October - the colours just standing out.
As usual the course followed our tried and tested format - first of all we had a session in the classroom - learing the theory - tools for pruning - the complexity of pollination - and the problems of pest and disease.
Then it was onto rootstocks - and some theory on pruning. After lunch - and with everyone's heads hurting with too much technical stuff -it was time to get out in the orchard - and actually put that theory into practice. I pruned a couple of trees first- and then it was the usual 'Ask the Panel' job - with one person pruning - and the rest of the group watching - or critiscising - the operation.
After that - a quick nursery tour - and back to the classroom for apple tasting. All in all, another excellent day - Graeme and myself both enjoy doing these courses - you get to meet such a wide range of people - all with different questions and ideas - great for stimulating the mind!!
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD
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