We seem to be having a bumper greengage crop this year.
Not sure what the weather significance is, if any - we usually have only a handful. Same goes for the plums, which will be ready to crop within a week - we have an overabundance this year. The problem with our plums, however, is that the tree has some kind of disease that makes the plums susceptible to rot - one turns and within a short space of time the rot sips through the rest of the fruit, meaning we have to pick them all at once, before the rot spreads.
The apple trees also are groaning under the weight of their crop.
Think I'm going to have to prune them in the autumn - one is in danger of falling over the next time we have a high wind and I'm going to have to lop off half of it.
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