In October we
held an Apple Day at Eastham Country Park. If you saw our tasting table display
and our supply of juicing apples you might have wondered why we didn't have as
many apples as in previous years.
A
disastrous sequence of weather, the wettest April for more than 100 years
followed by a rainy and windy June wiped out up to half of England's expected
apple production. The blossom just didn't
open on many of the trees and then because of the rain and wind the bees didn't fly to pollinate those that did
flower.
Despite this we
held a busy event with our display and tasting table, our wooden apple press to
make juice, apple recipes on sale and some children's craft activities. Mersey
Morris Men delighted everyone again with their traditional dances.
A couple of
weekends later we joined in with Burton Manor's Apple Weekend which was a
magnificent celebration of all things appley.
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