Blast! I was hoping the wasps wouldn't find our greengages but of course they have. They have ruined about 10 so I have left those on and picked the rest early. I also harvested all the large chilli peppers from the two plants I grew this year.
They are now in the conservatory to ripen:
It would have been no good leaving them out as the wasps would destroy the rest of the greengages (only a few this year off my espallier grown tree) and the nights were getting too cold for the chilli plants.
The cordon arch grown red pear tree is doing well:
They have to ripen off the tree so will be gathered in another couple of weeks if necessary. We also have a few quinces on our small arch grown tree:
We have a few russett apples and a few cooking apples growing as well, despite a few holes in them!
So even though the vegetable garden has mostly been rubbish this year, the fruit has performed quite well.
It's been a good fruit year here too. Swings and roundabouts, I guess. Your trees look fantastic.
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Thanks. At least I can be busy later on making and baking.
DeleteWe've had a terrible problem with wasps this year, absolute hordes of them, they've attacked most of our dessert apples....although strangely they're leaving the cookers alone! We have to whack around a dozen wasps that have come indoors every day. Total blooming nuisance.
ReplyDeleteIt’s annoying because we work hard to help the trees produce then they destroy your work.
DeleteDumb question, can you find the wasp nest and destroy them? We get a few but no where near what you must get.
ReplyDeleteDon’t think we have the nest. Drunk workers no doubt. Their numbers have lessened dramatically this week.
DeleteWhat you were able to salvage looks good. I hope you enjoy it.
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