Apples in small spaces
We eat a lot of apples in our household. They are the only fruit sturdy enough to survive the rigors of the school lunch box in palatable condition. We cut them up to eat with yoghurt in the morning, and they are cut up again to go with cheese and crackers for an after school snack. Therefore when we got our plot in the community garden we were keen to plant apple trees - but didn’t really have the space.
Well, we found a solution in Ballerina apples (you can read more here). They grow only about one and a half metres high, and in a cute cylindrical shape. They need no pruning and carry all their fruit close to the stem. We planted four of them - an early season, two mid seasons and a late season, up against the back fence of our plot so they didn’t shade out the neighbours.
The result, this week, is that we are harvesting our first big juicy numbers. So far, though, I am afraid that most haven’t made it home to the fruit bowl. They are too good!
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