Apples are Looking Good this week in our garden.
Bramley apples are usually picked and sold when green. We don’t pick ours until we need them. They are ready to use from about September onwards so that’s when we start to pick and use them in the kitchen. We like apple pies, apple crumble and today we had Apple Cake.
My lovely Bramley’s Seedling apple tree has been affected by the onset of autumn. Most of the leaves have gone.
At the branch tips the clusters of leaves still clinging on are turning crispy and golden brown at the edges in the cold wind.
When we moved here we tried to help our children settle in by planting fruit trees. They chose the trees and planted them. Someone told us that children feel at home if they are involved with the garden. So now, thanks to them we have a mini orchard. We have cherries, damsons and apples.