Looking forward to the new season

It has been a long hard winter at Broadwater Farm. We are all thoroughly fed up with the cold weather, but with Spring just around the corner and the promise of warmer and sunnier days ahead, maybe things will start to look up soon.

The first crop to flower will be the Plums in early April, followed by the Pears both of which we are hoping for lots of bulging white blossom. Finally in the second half of April will come the Apples, which, with their beautiful pink blossom that fill the air with a sweat aroma is a stimulating sight.  April is one of the best months to be a fruit grower. From then on we watch as the fruitlets swell to become Apples. As long as we look after them and protect them from pests and diseases, we will have a good crop to harvest in September. I hope that, like us the team that have already booked for the first course will be praying for some warm sunny weather in April which will determine how many apples we pick in September.