Work morning at the Dick Turpin Orchard here in sunny Aldborough Hatch. Four members of the Aldborough Hatch Defence Association plus a photographer spent the morning mulching round the fruit trees and bushes. The thistle had grown to alarming height in the recent rain and sunshine. Earlier Jenny had filled two plastic sacks with rubbish dumped – and we cleared this at the end of March during the clean-up. Clearly the patrons of the Miller & Carter Restaurant need to be taught a few lessons about keeping Britain Tidy!
Chris attached name plates to some of the 100-year-old fruit trees identified by their DNA by the Orchard Project. Both the old trees and the new ones planted last year are looking in good shape with lots of blossom, some turning to fruit already. We look forward to a good harvest later this year.
