Thinning Time

Before Thinning

After Thinning

Right now I’m flat out thinning the Apricots.

It takes a lot of careful planning and thought to be a thinner.

A degree in horticulture helps as one must think of all the crap they learnt as they are driven to boredom whilst slowly and methodically thinning the fruit so that you end up with Apricots bigger than your thumbnail.
Banjo music on an MP3 player tends to help relieve the boredom. You wouldn’t want any slow music as believe me, the day already moves slow enough.
I once had a friend who thought that coming out thinning with me would be a great experience and said I was being malodramatic when I told him how boring it was.
He lasted an entire half hour before running screaming from the trees and straight for house to beg my mother to give him a job in the garden.
Weeding with Mum and Ruby was apparently much more exhilarating. Who knew?