cider making 4 of 4

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completing the process of juice production. Apple juice is turned into cider ('hard' cider) by natural or cultured yeast turning the sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide, which escapes-you need an exit valve or just a loose lid to allow gas out. most makers add sulphites, usually in the form of...

cider making 3 of 4

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pressing the juice

cider making 2 of 4

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starting to press the pomace. like I said, there are three stages to making cider (afer growing the fruit of course). First you must crush the apples into a pulp (pomace), then you press them to extract the juice, then ferment the juice. This is very well dealth with elseqhere so i am not going...

cider 1 of 4

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getting started with cider, 1st of 4 short clips. As usual, I don't have a script and so fumble my words occasionally, don't worry.there are three stages to making cider (or hard cider as the Americans call the drink you get when all the natural fruit sugar in apple juice turns to alcohol)step...

orchard walk late September-cider

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late September, most of the dessert apples have been picked, except for very late varieties such as Sturmer Pippin and Winter King.Cider making has begun.

rind and cleft graft follow up

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Follow up to the tree I grafted over earlier this year using rind and cleft grafts. a partial success. I have had better results than this grafting on to smaller branches rather than the main trunk. Mosst of the grafts have taken but they have not grown strongly. they shoudl grow away next year....

September orchard walk

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1st September, windy weather, the apple store approaches completion. A good crop is ripening although many apples have been lost as they have fallen before they could be picked. This is not ideal, Julia and I have too much else to do, I have often put up 'mistakes' without shame as this may be...

Heavy crop, broken branches

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heavy crops will snap branches off, better half a crop than none.

Saddle graft apple tree-5 months after

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This is a follow up to the saddle graft video I posted earlier this year. Now it is late July, unwanted shoots from below the graft must be removed as well as other unsuitably placed growths (e.g. double leaders) and the polythene ties must be removed, in fact they have cut in a bit and perhaps...

Poplar shelter belt

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This is a look at our shelter belt. Shelter belts reduce wind speed which reduces damage to trees from strong winds, allows pollinating insects to fly more easily at blossom time and raise the temeprature by that crucial few degrees which can make a difference. Also shelter belts and/or hedges...

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