Even though we picked a ton of apples at Stotlers today,I have to say I was more excited with my homegrown Golden Delicious - the ONLY Golden Delicious I got from my trees this year thanks to some unknown critters. Initially I assumed it was just deer, but after the next to last apple disappeared even with chicken wire draped over the tree in a way no deer could get in there, I'm wondering if a possum was also helping itself to my growies.
This apple may not look real pretty, having had zero spray/pesticide/fungicide, but it sure tasted great.
2 comments:
just ONE? a shame. do possums and raccoons climb trees, I wonder?
Possums and raccoons most definitely climb stuff - they spend much of their time up in the trees. Now the apple trees I have so far really aren't more than 3-4' tall, mostly because I've been working on espaliering / cordoning them into a fence shape - something like this: http://img2-3.timeinc.net/toh/i/g/13/yard/02-slim-fit/02-espalier-plant.jpg
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