Planting Apple, Plum and Pear Fruit Trees | Establishing habitat for wild pollinators
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- We have been busy planting Katy, Discovery and Boskoop apples, Conference Pears and Victoria Plums on Gubb Farm. The goal is to help develop biodiversity by providing a habitat for wild pollinators, while hopefully producing fruit for sale.
The trees are part of the Orchards in the Community (www.hostinirel..., Hosted in Ireland, DC for Bees initiative. A special thank you to Conor, Matt, Adrian and Brian from euNetworks, who sponsored the programme, for helping with the planting.
If you are interested in regenerative farming; soil biology; farming equipment; farm life; the highs and lows of trying to establish an organic permaculture hazelnut orchard, on an island in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland - then hit that subscribe button.
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Wow just wow. Saving the world. Bit by bit. I love it. I couldnt do it - I'm too old but definitely sooo impressed.
Thank you Chris.
Awesome work!
Thank you.
Good luck!
Thanks! You too!
The scale of this project is awesome. I'm really enjoying following along.
Hello Troy. Thank you for the comment. Hopefully it all works out, but who knows.
All the best.
Hello Dary! I know you're probably very busy with the actual farming but i just wanted to leave a comment to tell you I'd love to see more updates on the various bits of your project. Hoping all is well, cheers.
Hello Troy. I am long overdue an update. I have two are three videos, sort of half done. I was out pruning at the weekend and I was thinking I should really share some of the insights I have gained from doing that job for a few years now, so maybe I will bring the camera out at the weekend. It just takes such as long time to record and edit videos, and Google has demonetised the channel because I'm not putting up enough content, so doesn't help. I will get around to it soon.
I put in 30 different fruit and nut trees last January. The Belle de Boskoop and the Katy fruited same year. I pulled most of the fruit buds off the trees as I didn't really want them producing fruit yet. I'm up in Donegal on the side of a hill so I get hammered with the wind here, but the trees are doing well. Good to see you added fruit to the hazel orchard. I'm curious to see how yours come along and what varieties are doing best. Great channel. Looking forward to the updates.
Hello Aiden. That is a relief to hear that the apples are thriving in Donegal, so Fermanagh should be ok.
As for the Hazelnuts, I gathered all of the data on yield from this year's harvest and I need to work through it. I will probably do a video on it over Christmas or the New Year. I just need to set aside some time to do it!
All the best.
Great content. Will try that X cut- technique for planting trees. Looking forward to updates. A video about pruning techniques could be interesting.
Careful with that post driver, if you lift it too high, the edge can go on the top of the pole and make the thing go right into your face, potentially breaking your nose. Speaking from experience :-) Good work!
Very good. I've thumped myself a few times with a post driver when I have lifted it too high.
I have a lot of pruning to do in the New Year and will take the camera with me.
All the best.
Good video, thanks. We have some Discovery apples here in Donegal and they were excellent this year. One thing about them we've noticed is they don't store well, so might be good to pair them with good storing apples for further plantings (although I don't know the other varieties so maybe you're sorted). Good luck!
That gives me hope. I had to replant 30 fruit trees this year after the deer got to them. Do you have any issues with deer in your neck of the woods?
That's awesome Dary. You're going to have a full on orchard. Glad you were able to get some help planting. Cold and wet out there.
Hello Steve. Good to hear from you. There is not much room left in the orchard now for trees! It will be interesting to see how it looks in a few years. All the best.
Not that it matters, but if you want to pronounce Boskoop like the Dutch, you say "boss-cope" (as in "coping" with pronounciation issues). Boskoop would be a traditional choice for an apple pie here, but I think they're nice as an eating apple if you like a strong taste.
This autumn I had my first harvest from four inherited apple trees (allotment). I've had batches of cider fermenting for months now. Makes me think I would have planted some tannic cider varieties on your land. There must be a market for organic cider from Gubb farm and the brewing is quite fun.
Good to see that Bella is protecting you from deer. Would be nice if she could do the same for the trees.
Thank you for sharing!
That is brilliant. Thank you for correcting my pronunciation.
Fermanagh (where I live) has a strong historical association with growing Bramley cooking apples, so I'm looking forward to tasting / cooking with the Boskoop.
My plan with the apples and pears is to slice and dry what I can't immediately sell and make preserves from the plums. I must look into cider apples, but that being said, I don't have much room left to plant other trees... unless of course I was to buy more land :)
I suspect canker will eventually take out my apple trees, which might force a rethink, but time will tell.
As for Bella, she has reduced deer damage near the house, but I saw fraying at the opposite end of the farm, so they are still present.. just not as close to the house.
I hope all is well.
@@GubbFarm Boskoop is quite a wet place too, and my apple trees are on clay soil 1.5 meters below sea level, right in between Boskoop and the coast. Not ideal for apples and they blow over a bit, but are very productive nevertheless.
Don't expect similar cooking results from the Boskoop and the Bramley. A Dutch apply pie is a high sturdy pie filled with chunks of apple. I think Bramleys would cook to a mush. They're both sharp and flavourful, but they have a very different texture after cooking.
(I just did an online image search for "Dutch apple pie", but the (American?) results look nothing like what you would get here. If you want to do a traditional dutch pie, look for "appeltaart" instead.)
Thank you! That pie sounds great.
I didn't see another video about Hazelnut yields for last year, how did it go and what variety is the front runner now? Just looking to plant some Hazelnuts and really interested in your results!
Hello. I have gathered up the data from the 2022 harvest and will get a video out over the coming month. All the best.
How's the shoulder holding up? Giving it a good test there I see! Been out on the bike lately?
Hello Henry. My shoulder has made a full recovery and thank you for asking.
As for the bike, I'm currently kayaking on a K1 three or four times a week, which is also great for shoulder recovery, but it doesn't leave much time for cycling. I've agreed to a cycling trip in the Alps next summer, so I better start getting the miles in again on the bike!
All the best.
Delighted to hear your all fixed. Kayaking sounds like it would soon highlight any shoulder weakness!
Good luck for the alps trip, could be brutal! (Winter Zwifing perhaps.)
Back on topic though... I imagine those fruit tree varieties can cope with the wet conditions OK? It looks mighty boggy!
How is the battle against deer? I have a 3 acre field in North Devon that I'm attempting to rewild with an acre woodland section. It's almost impossible to keep out the deer and without expensive and high protection, my efforts look doomed. They just march in and munch the new growth that's poking out of the top of the tube. Frustrating.
I talked to an orchard owner in Fermanagh before planting them and he said that they should be ok, but canker might be an issue. Time will tell.
As for the deer, the population continues to grow. I got a dog, which is keeping them away from near the house, but what I've now noticed fraying on the trees at the other end of the farm. It is just one of those things I will have to live with.
I've spent some time in or near Devon, either kayaking on places like the Dart or surfing near Bude. It is a nice part of the world, and fine cider!
M111 is more suitable than M26 rootstocks in a wet soil, victoria is not the best for organic farming it susceptible to silver leaf disease, also it needs another plum tree for pollination, may be opal
To help pollinators plant borage and crocus flowers, easy, cheap good looking and they come back every year
What is your opinion on putting nitrogen fixing trees between fruit trees?
Hello. I have reviewed some studies and watched some trials on UA-cam about using nitrogen fixers as a cover crop and it doesn't appear to increase yield. I discuss this topic in the video on 'Orchard Floor Management Strategies to Improve Yields' (ua-cam.com/video/6LnluBtII9w/v-deo.html).
I think that if a nitrogen fixer is allowed to complete its normal growth cycle, it consumes the nitrogen it 'fixes'. Possibly terminating the nitrogen fixer before it consumes its reserves might help, but I haven't seen any good research on that.
@@GubbFarm I'm not referring to a cover crop but a nitro fixing tree or bush like autumn olive ua-cam.com/video/sUke9xMYz-o/v-deo.html
Hello @@radharamana108. That is interesting and something I have to do some research on. Thanks.