Starting to kick around ideas for the cider orchard. A few days with a chainsaw, and assuming 30' spacing and I can fit in about 22 trees on the half acre.pic.twitter.com/vDI3eKtHYy
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3/ Thinking I might want to stabilize the slope a bit vs erosion etc. Not going to spend huge money on rip rap (sharp edges rocks). Maybe grass? https://blueseal.com/product/slope-type-44/ …
4/ cider apple maximalism: going with semi-dwarf trees on a 15' center-to-center spacing whew lads, we'll only have to sober up once a year (to harvest apples and brew more hard cider!)pic.twitter.com/rEuxkFKl1N
5/ The eventual density and extent of the actual cider orchard plan likely lies in between these two extremes. Wife discovered that the already-existing trees-with-berries in the SE of the map are wild cherries, and suddenly she's getting VERY protective of her forest.pic.twitter.com/FZUuOT0CqN
6/ necroposting to this old thread of mine from September ...https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1175536729375281158 …
7/ current status: surfing various vendors of hard cider apple trees, putting data in a spreadsheet, updating the farm wiki There's room for a max of ~60 trees in the cider orchard location at 15' spacing, but I doubt I'll plant that many this spring (too expensive!)
8/ I have no idea what cider apple varieties I might like, and no idea of what blends work, so I'm leaning towards "track down everything available, buy 1+ of each". oof
9/ I have been shamed git > mediawikihttps://twitter.com/darkpixel/status/1239284438342615040 …
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no, we already have the first orchard with pears, plums, eating apples, peaches, etc. that @LibertyFarmNH
planted
this is a hard-cider specific orchardhttps://twitter.com/ThatRayShow/status/1239285200065970177 …
12/ are you sure you didn't just get taller? https://twitter.com/leaker19/status/1239285275282604033 …
13/ yeah, this isn't an industrial operation ; 15' spacing lets me get between trees either on foot or on a riding mower with a trailer (well, except for the very hilly bits)https://twitter.com/Yardsale_Mind/status/1239285491578499072 …
14/ right, but we already have an orchard for eating fruits; this is our second orchard for hard ciderhttps://twitter.com/Player518214/status/1239286185144602625 …
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