The Rondo grapes have started to turn red. Given that it's August 5, that's very early compared to last year, when I noted it first on the 15th of August. Alex trimmed vines and kiwis while I picked up fallen apples and pruned the cherry trees. It's curious that cherries are pruned in the summer whereas the others are pruned in the autumn.
We've lost one cherry tree and part of another this year, as well as most of a pear. The pear we lost several years ago has grown back and is now producing fruit. I hope the cherry will come back, too. We have lots of apples and they are getting ripe already, much ahead of schedule. We have no plums and no cherries this year. Some of the apples have loads of fruit and some have none (the Cox's Orange apple and the ancient one).
This climate change thing is worrisome. The poor people in the south of the country had to face Storm Antoni overnight while we got just a little drizzle and almost no wind. The sun's been shining all afternoon but the land is soggy.
We cleaned up the shed today, moving most of the gear onto the shelves and bringing in the German stuff from the dining room, finally. Alex installed the door knob and latch on the winery door yesterday and he'll return unused stuff to the shops on Tuesday as Monday is bank holiday.
Tomorrow, we'll move some more stuff into the shed and then I plan to spend the day in the garden. I have been so tired lately that I can't face much more.
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