A small orchard on a windy coast: seasons, notes and pictures.
Pictures
Small sketches of the orchard through the year, drawn from photographs I took on the same walk most mornings.
Low tide in March. The sea pulls back almost a mile in March. The bare trees look braver than they are.Quince blossom. The quince opens late and all at once, pale pink against a hard blue sky.Fog over the rows. Some July mornings the hedge disappears and the rows go on forever.Harvest light. Late September, an hour before the wind gets up. Ellison's Orange, nearly ready.Windbreak hedge. Hawthorn, sea buckthorn and blackthorn. Seven years in, it finally does its job.Winter pruning. Short days, cold hands, and the satisfying pile of prunings by the gate.
