Two Celebrations
On May 1st we had a dual celebration - our new orchard and the launch of Silas' pizza van. The orchard is planted and doing really well. Even though all but one of our trees is newly planted, four have managed to blossom (2 apples and 2 pears). We were able to plant our orchard thanks to a Kent County Council Trees Outside Woodlands programme. We can't wait to see how they develop and grow over the year. As explained in a previous post, we have apple, pear, cherry, plum and cobnut trees. Wesley, who cleared the land of dense brambles and planted the trees, came to our celebration and gave the existing matron apple tree a special present. It's a weather teller and protects the orchard. He carved wood from the old apple tree after he pruned it. See the photos below. For almost a year Adam and Silas have been converting an old van into a pizza van, using an Ale Farm barn. We're really pleased to see it just about finished and Silas made...