2 weeks since my last blog post about thinning and its still the main goal and work load at the moment. There are just so many blocks of trees and so little time. We're almost there though. I've been up every day as early as possible and its kind of crazy how much slimming down that actually has to be done. I saw some trees that had bunch of 5-6 apples and 5 or more bunches per branch. I learned from my uncle that you typically only want 3-4 and they should be about a first apart. I guess the say less is more is very relevant in the case of a good crop of apples.
It's funny how awkward i felt the first few days photographing the thinning process. I mean i can see how everyone is probably thinking, who is the tourist over here taking pictures of us. That's what i thought in my head at least. You know what though, after a week of just being there everyday and i mean everyday! I get up at 6 and photograph till about 10am. The sun starts to get a little harsh around that hour so thats quitting time for me. I do sometimes go back out there later in the day when my grandfather wants to check in on them and i'll just tag along. Needless to say 4 weeks into thinning and they don't even pay attention to me, Which is perfect for the way i love to photograph. I don't like to mess with the environment so much and allow people do to their thing while i do mine.
Can you see me? Barely. Some of these trees are just packed full of buds and fruits. I honestly thought this would be a quick and easy process, but It's not. If you follow me on social media at all you have already seen the all the left over buds on the ground once their done thinning. Speaking of thrown away buds, Does anyone know if they are usable in some other form? It feels like a bit of a waste to me. Anyways back to thinning. I want to say its almost done with, but its not. We just finished the honey crisps here at the main orchard and we're moving back to Molson to tend to some Fuji's and Galas. Then its back to the lake house and probably back to the main orchard again for pears.
Oh i forgot to mention! Cherries! The cherries are coming in very nicely. We'll probably start picking them here in a week or so. I'm pretty excited for that, think about all the cocktails i can make. Rum and Cherry coke.... Captain and Cherry coke.... umm a Shirley Temple? Ok so maybe i don't know anything about cocktails and cherries but, I'm still excited non the less. Hope fully i'll have some pictures up of the cherries very soon.
Well thats it for my weekly update(yes i know i'm late, I've been busy). Please enjoy some of these early images and i'll have more to come shortly.
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