Spring – Llanblethian Orchard in bloom Spring in the orchard is a magical time. After the cold, dark winter months everything bursts into life. The grass shoots up, trees explode into flower, myriad insects emerge and birds begin to build their nests. The sight of the orchard in Llanblethian in Read more…
What are lichens? Lichens are a symbiotic composite life form. A fungi and either an algae or cyanobacteria lving together. The algae lives inside the fungus and photosynthesize sunlight into food for both the fungus and algae. The fungus for it’s part provides a safe environment for the algae to Read more…
2018 Cider Making season in review The 2018 cider making season has now finished, finally. Hip hip hooray! Cider making season is always a hectic time of year. Essentially you have 2-3 months to make all the next years cider. Thus every minute is valuable and every decision you make Read more…
Where has the year gone, I can’t believe it’s cider pressing season already! It seems only yesterday when it was snowing and I was cursing the fact it was too cold for the cider to finish fermenting. Last year we started pressing apples on the 3rd September and this year Read more…
As it is now August one of the most important jobs in our orchard in Llanblethian is checking on this years harvest to ensure we have enough crop and determine what fruit needs to be sourced elsewhere. Pears From looking at what we have available it’s going to be a Read more…