Finished the Pruning!! Yay!!

Yesterday was a great day for me. Let me tell you why.
I “finished” pruning the Orchard… Yahoo!!!
I started in early May and as I had never pruned the whole place single-handedly before, the task did look a bit daunting BUT I actually loved every minute.

Mum always told me since I was a young chap to focus on the beauty of my surroundings and not look ahead at the thousands of trees yet to be pruned.
Hence her words were embedded in my mind every morning before I started work.

I have a bit of raking and mulching to do over the next week and then I’ll be into thinning.
I was about 5 years old when I learnt the art of thinning fruit.
Back then I would have one or two trees allocated to me. Now I have thousands of trees allocated to me!!!

Thank goodness Mum and Ruby are good cooks as I have great meals waiting for me at lunch and tea which keeps me going.
Ruby is in charge of the tunnel houses now as I have no spare time.
She is doing a great job propagating, etc.
She planted out a few hundred onion plants the other day and is all set to plant out cabbages this coming weekend.

A recent addition to the Hobbs clan are 6 free-range hens that have been providing us with a constant supply of eggs. Well they are actually Ruby’s chooks – she thinks they are gorgeous! Although it has been lovely having fresh eggs every day, they can take a break from laying! 8 eggs a day can get a bit tedious!

"If I Stand Perfectly Still Then Nobody Will See Me!!!!"