The practice of making videos for ukcider and uploading to youTube is gathering pace with Ray Blockley of Torkard cider joining in now.
In this one Ray shows us his backyard cider orchard and explains a bit about the practice of training espalier shaped apple trees up against the fence in an ordinary semi-detached back garden.
As Stephen Hayes wrote, its all about the storytelling. A backyard espalier cider apple orchard is an uncommon and very good story. It could be followed up with a short (3 to 4 minutes I think is ideal) look at the trees in blossom time, then a demonstration of the summer pruning and tying in necessary for espalier training, then the autumn fruit and pressing.
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