I showed the blossoms, now the fruit!
Here we have a beetle in a growing granadilla fruit!
We took a walk through the apple orchards today and one lane in an orchard grabbed my attention, as it is the only apple orchard where a section of pears are also grown.
Let me show you!
This is the border line between the apple and pear orchards. To the right are the pears and to the left are the apples!
And here they are, the new young pears!
Not to be upstaged, here are the young Kivu brand apples!
And these are young Rosy Glow apples!
Oh! And the figs are also coming along!
Soon they will all be ripe and then the valley will transform into a variety of reds, yellows and greens. I will then post and show you some awesome sights. The big trucks are already delivering the hundreds of picking crates and a large workforce of laborers (pickers) will also be coming in. One large farm for instance, employs 850 pickers during the ripe season and there are many farms in the apple valley. Something to look forward to!
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great dear we will b waiting for these fruit to ripe and variation of colors in these stunning trees ,and also your multiple clicks of beauty...
Thank you my friend and the time will come when they are all ripe. Blessings!
all such interestign shots but I really love the first one
Can you believe that I didn't know that the bug was in there when I took the shot my friend?
Ohh yes I can believe that I have had similar surprises for photos
wow really beautiful photographs of the Fruits..
Nice farm. thanks for sharing this beautiful photographs..
Your own shots are also great my friend! Blessings!
Harvesting fruit a massive workforce needed, watching fruit grow hoping for a rewarding season.
Fig tree is one I would be waiting for first fruit to ripen, delicious straight off the tree, thanks for sharing farm life Stephen.
And here's a nice surprise Lady Joan, there's also 4 trees of the famous Adam's fig over here. Looking forward to the jam making sessions. This summer it will be the usual blackberry jam, strawberry jam, plum jam, apricot jam and now Adam's fig jam.
The difficulty in farming fruit such as apples is that they are very finicky and the weather is on every farmers lips. Severe changes means spoilt crops, but thus far, apart from one orchard here with boll worms, everything seems to be on track. The farmers are clever, as they split all of their orchards into different sections, just in case some pests invade an orchard. Said invaded orchard are then isolated and treated to stem the tide! Blessings!