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Quite some weather yesterday! #storm #weather #rai

Quite some weather yesterday!
#storm #weather #rainclouds #farming #fruitfarming #spring #colours #skies #fruit

Cherries, coming along nicely. Early viewing sugg

Cherries, coming along nicely. Early viewing suggests a reasonable crop, better than last year, and a bit earlier and we even have some Sunburst (so far). Looking forward to the harvest in late June early July and fingers crossed no foul weather during harvest!
#cherries #cherryfarming #fruit #healthy #healthyfoods #westkent #mayfield #bentinckfarm #rentatree #farming

Apple fruitlets, gala, cox and russet here. After

Apple fruitlets, gala, cox and russet here. After a long blossom period the early crop looks very good if a bit heavy. Long way to go though. Indicators suggest an early harvest but we will see
#apples #galaapples #coxapples #russet #cox #gala #fruit #fruitfarming #kent #westkent #rentatree #bentinckfarm

Cobnuts on their way! Early days but a crop is sta

Cobnuts on their way! Early days but a crop is starting to show
#cobnuts #kentcobnuts #rentatree #bentinckfarm #farming #nutfarming #fruitandnutfarming #healthyfoods

Cherries coming on. Looks a good crop so far, so f

Cherries coming on. Looks a good crop so far, so fingers crossed
#cherries #rentatree #fruit #fruitfarming #healthy #springgrowth #goodweather #bentinckfarm #westkent

Apple blossom has rather taken us by surprise in i

Apple blossom has rather taken us by surprise in its speed to come out! I love this in many ways more than the cherry blossom for its rich cerise colouring a pink veins - if you are an apple tree renter you should try and get over to the farm to see your tree
#rentatree #apples #appleblossom #blossom #bentinckfarm #fruit #fruitfarming #nature #spring #sunshine

The life cycle of cherry blossom. From small buds

The life cycle of cherry blossom. From small buds to open flowers to pollination to petal drop. The last picture is a newly formed cherry just starting out
#cherries #cherryblossom #lifespanofcherryblosdom #fruit #fruitfarming #rentatree #cherrylife #pemburyorchards #bentinckfarm

Bees hard at work collecting pollen from both our

Bees hard at work collecting pollen from both our cherry and apple blossom; they are very busy at the moment. The sacs are where they collect and store the pollen before returning to the hive
#bees #pollen #activebees #honeymaking #pollination #cherries #apples #farming #fruitfarming #hives #rentatree #springday #greatweather

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