Successful graft from last year looking good.

When we bought this place there were a heap of unidentified fruit trees in a total unkept state.

I've been slowly pruning them back and thinning them out. Last year I started grafting on some that were weedy plums. Great to see some success!

Will try some more this year after I've thinned a few more trees out.

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#orchard
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#StartWithWhatYouveGot
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My favourite #tree in #blackandwhite. This #symmetrical but not, bare structure with the lake and sky behind maintains its interest even in the absence of #colour. “#monotone means using only one colour. This is particularly used to mean black and white. Many #photographers choose to work with black and white images. Removing colour means that the images rely fully on tone to describe light, shape and form.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z8rh2nb/revision/6 #treemagic #winter

The late afternoon sun sinks low in the sky, the dimming sunlight highlights the remaining tinybits of frosted leaves in the tops of the trees, and suddenly for a brief moment..

Nature's Christmas Lights.

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Some trees on the Wirral, UK. As it's #NationalTreeWeek I thought I'd share a few photos. If only these trees could talk...
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Ogmograptis scribula carving its poetry into the bark of a Scribbly Gum (E. Rossii) #tree #TreeMagic

So exciting to see the grafts I made in winter starting to really shoot. This weather is crap for fruit but great for tree growth so they all have a good chance of taking and growing well.

Now I just need to get the understory pumping..

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