In my first year harvesting the crabapple trees I have planted here at the Welsh Hovel I collected 750g, enough to make about three quarters of a jar of jelly. The Mrs and her family turned their nose up at my jelly, having to add flavour to cooked meat is not central to a curry based Indian cuisine. But then Joshua and my sister-in-law tried it and now it has an army of fans.
Gradually the output has grown year on year. And this year we have a glut, with two 25 litre buckets largely filled. I shall be making the jelly Sunday and Monday but I suspect I shall have enough for a dozen jars or more.
The three trees were weighed down with apples. Now the branches are bouncing back and can recover. I think a spot of pruning and training is now called for in the Autumn months. But first I have more apples to harvest
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