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Crispin's
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Out and about with my mobile. Sorry quality not great, but hopefully you can see growth in my video making skills.
Apple Fence Update March 24
Progress update, as we enter 2024 growing season, with plans for pruning to cover more of the fence and keep the Ivy in check. I do quite like Ivy, I think it freshens air, but I have got plenty and so just keeping it manageable. Original grafts doing really well and could use thinning, newer ones have some issues, but are progressing. #appletrees #grafting #hedgelaying #fence #familytree
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Apple Bobbing (dirty Halloween ritual?)
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My take on Apple Bobbing origins. There are a few weeks in the year when there are a lot of apples on the ground and so giving them a clean (prior to storage, eating or processing) is a kind of seasonal ritual. Possibly it symbolises the additional demands as we go into Winter and how the thrifty try to make the most of the crop.
Soapwort Flowers
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Just an update to show what the Soapwort (Saponaria) looks like in flower. Anyone know what those butterflies are? #soapwort #gardening #flowers
Laid Apple Tree update Jun'23
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The grafts I did in previous videos have all taken and so it's time to remove the remaining grafting tape. If you don't there can be restrictions that cut into the growing limb (less likely with the biodegradable tape). Also look at some from a previous year and a plant that's come up in the compost. #appletrees #gardening #grafting #hedgelaying
Wildlife Witches Fence
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Initial panel of slim "Dead Hedge" I'm trying as eco friendly fence. Probably not that sturdy, but more interested in using the materials I have to hand in a way that benefits wildlife and is easy to repair on an annual cycle. #wildlife #gardening #fence #pruning #trees #insects #birds
Grafting Apples, Bypass Secateurs
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Grafting different varieties of apple onto a tree laid along a fence. Simple, diagonal technique. Explanation of Cambium Contact and use of Bypass Secateurs (to adjust cut). #grafting #appletrees #tools #gardening
Grafting Apples, Cambium Contact
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The key thing is to maximize Cambium contact (just under bark) between the Scion and Host. This needs to be firmly secured so that it heals as it swells; here I use a second layer of tape for support as quite a long twig (most folk shorten). #grafting #appletrees #gardening #cambium
Awkward Graft
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Creating a Family Tree with multiple apple varieties on a tree that's been laid alongside a fence (and is consequently throwing up lots of vigorous Watershoots). This graft was a bit awkward because of the forked twig (you really don't want to twang it like I did at the end). I've kept the front one as a backup, should the back one fail. Quite difficult to film on your own. Better than last att...
Laid Apple Tree update Mar'23
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Update on my "Hedgelaying an Apple Tree" video ahead of this season's grafting. All the grafts from last year have healed and I'm gradually closing up the wound from laying it. Lots of Watershoots ready to graft onto, so watch this space. See my "Grafting Apple Trees" Playlist for the previous vids on this topic. #grafting #appletrees #hedgelaying #gardening
When's the Sap Rise? End of Winter or Beginning Spring?
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Towards the end of Winter, as we approach Spring, there's often calmer days that are good for #apple #tree #maintenance. If you clear away around the tree for pruning, best to put back what you can afterwards. #cider #secrets #wassail
Keeving part4: Flying Lees or Chapeau Brun
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Awaiting the formation of the flying lees aka chapeau brun. This is a gelatinous sludge that varies according to the apples used, conditions and adjuncts (none here). I manage the risk of it not working out by having alternative options. Sometimes you have to make do with a partial keeve or what might be considered delayed success. www.cider.org.uk/keeving.html #craft #cider #secrets #keeve #lees
Keeving part1: clean, cold, bittersweet apples
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Keeving part1: clean, cold, bittersweet apples
Apple Season Starts + What to do with Unripe Fallers
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Apple Season Starts What to do with Unripe Fallers
Blackbird enjoying the blossom (annoying cat) = Spring update
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Blackbird enjoying the blossom (annoying cat) = Spring update
Grafts Taking + Mobile Compost Experiments
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Grafts Taking Mobile Compost Experiments
Very useful and pleasant video! Will check out the rest of your channel now!
The cat is identical to our kitty, and she too has a favourite spot next to a Herb Robert. 🐈🌸
Hi , i think i have an Orléans reinette tree, could you help me please ?
Which parts of the plant did you use?
Just the leaves. Seem to of got a bumper crop this year. May even need to clear some back. 🌿
Very nice. I first came across these in school where we had a greenhouse and I remembered the scented leaves. Only after becoming ill recently and no longer able to work, did I return to my boyhood interest and now have a growing collection of these interesting and charming plants. There are a lot more varieties than I had ever thought, and I enjoy hunting for new discoveries! Your plants look lovely. Thanks for sharing them on video, even though it is now winter time. 🌿
Thank you for your encouragement. Stormy here last night, so feeling a bit grouchy this morning, but this has cheered me up. Returning to nature and the interests of your youth is a great way to recuperate. Wassail!
Maximise Cambium contact, as it heals it will grow together and then eventually on to produce the source variety of apple. Normally done on previous year's Green shoots. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambium
This article is quite good. Although I'd like to add that with the right apples and conditions, you can achieve a full or partial Keeve without adding enzymes or salts. The other technique then becomes easier. www.worleyscider.co.uk/blog/2012/01/keep_it_sweet/
Rather than making holes in the tube, you can just have a poorly fitting twig or cut a channel into it. This allows the liquid up into the tube, but only from above the sediment. The tube can then be cleaned easier and possibly used for other (compatible) things.
Laid her to rest this day in her favourite spot in the garden. Goodbye my dear, dear companion. Will miss you beyond words. RIP x
Hey Crispin, I'm a subscriber that is really enjoying your channel, particularly the cider related stuff. Really interested in this practice. Is this a historical practice of some kind, or something you did on a whim? Just interested in the history around this if it is a historical practice.
Apple trees are generally pruned in the Winter, when the trees have shed their leaves and are dormant. It's a hard wood and so could be turned for tool handles, furniture, cog pegs. Probably too good for fence posts, but can be used instead of chicken wire to protect trunks from grazing livestock (Wicker). Winter pruning targets diseased wood, which would be burnt (asap) and is probably the origin of Bonfire Night (way before the Parliamentarians/Royalists came up with Guy Fawkes). It may need assistance to burn as unseasoned; later in Spring it's dried out and they probably want rid before the growing season. You don't manure planting holes for Saplings ("Maidens") as too strong, instead you use potash (wood ash).
@@crispcider Thanks for the reply. Its a really interesting thing to do to prep your soil. As someone with slightly acidic soil (PH of 6) its seems to be a great way to partially lime the soil, but also burn any seeds etc in the topsoil prior to mulching the tree, and as you pointed out, there are always prunings to get rid of. You can't chip them all! Thanks again!
Biodegradable is very different from compostable! :) It means that in a landfill, in time, it will break down rather then stay intact. The way that works is by the addition of an additive which acts as a catalyst to accelerate the degradation process. Normally it takes up to 12 months for the degradation to work, unfortunately.
Because their nominal shelf life is 12 months, the best thing is to reuse them for 12 months and throw them away after many uses. Not the best option really, but compostable bags are not airtight and make salad last only a few days unfortunately. On top of costing 6x times more (that's not an exaggeration unfortunately).
I might try reusing them for my cuttings, which seem to be drying out in the open air. 🌱
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Update 🕵 trousers still drying, but look clean enough. 👖 Hands not melted or gone angry red, quite the opposite, felt clean + soft all afternoon = definite cosmetic potential. 🙌😊
For apples in orchards, Winter Pruning, when the trees are dormant and leafless, is a major task (Summer Pruning is more of a garden thing). The first thing to come out is the Dead Wood, which may well be dry enough to burn. If diseased this is the preferred method of disposal. Another traditional Winter task is Hedgelaying, which may also produce a lot of material. Hence the traditions of Bonfires, Torches and the Yule Log.
Since the cider maker is transferring between vessels at this time, vessels containing previous year's cider may need to be freed up and so having events to use it up might be logical. Also the community might be keen to try the very latest batch (even though it's not matured) or the cider maker might seek direction on the appropriate maturation for this batch (requiring tasting from differing palettes - however just a mouthful - from a shared mug).
Very interesting. I did not know people did it with apples. Yeast extracts have been used as biotic elicitor to increase secondary metabolites in plants (PSB). Many PSB are responsible for aroma and pest & disease resistance, etc. I believe this has been looked at in the production of wine. They sprayed diluted yeast extract on the grapevine leaves and saw some improvement in the wine properties - I might be wrong. If I were to apply to the soil it I would be tempted to dilute it quite a bit just because of the amount of organic acids that could potentially damage fungal populations in the top layer - if given all at once.
In a Wassail ceremony the amount typically given would be a mug or bowl (of human drinkable strength) and it is poured over the trunk's bark, around the base and may be hung on toast. The midwinter timing means the trees are dormant, so no leaves and the sap won't start to rise until Apr-May, so this is when you want the root nutrition to be available.
In the Summer clear away the debris under the tree and mow tight. Leave sacks on the ground for the Fallers each day.
Interesting video. I've got a lot to learn ! , thanks very much for the video, take good care
A lady came over as I was pressing and said "I'd like to buy some lovely fresh farm apples!" I replied I didn't have any (for sale), surrounded by trays of them and I think she thought I was being a bit off. But they were Cider apples, no good to her. What makes for a good Eater is different to what's good to drink (or cook). I favor the small hard chewy ones. They resist the insects, store well (don't bruise), you can fit more in a tray and they're easy to process.
It was originally found growing beside the water wheel of the flour mill, never heard of it being a cider mill, "cider mills" is a new phrase invented by the new age cider makers.
Thanks. Did this rather opportunistically and just my recollections of bits I've read. Do you have an original source? Would be good to get the definitive story of this Survivor's precarious start.
@@crispcider all the sources I have read over the years state it was near the waterwheel of the mill, the mill was used to grind grain for flour.
Thats a very strange one, almost like the tree belongs to a witch ! keep safe and well.
Great to see these identification videos, thanks for posting
Just pressed my Tremletts today, don't think I could add anything of value, thanks for this.
What book are u reading
Hello, hope your keeping well, ive noticed prolific apple blossom this year, hopefully a huge crop is about to come. Take good care
It's from last year, I've only just posted it as I've cider coming out now that originated from these blooms.
Please, what's the Title and Author of that book you're referring to? I'd like to buy it if it's available. Thank you!
Black's Wildflowers of Britain and Europe
We should do a label with more of your friends! Called the Friends Cider Collection. Just send me some willing friends photos and I will do something.
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That's brilliant!,
How long did it take to grow? Also where can you buy it from in the U.K.? Thank you
I got it as a potted plant from Jekka's, but they also do seeds. Spreads quite easily over 2 or 3 years. Check out your local waterways, seen it growing in the stonework of leats for what were textile mills.
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Have tons of this in our garden, must utilise it
Update: after a while the colour separates. One has started to smell a bit rank now too. Less is more: next time I'll make less, but more concentrated - will consider overnight steep + maybe even boiling off some water. 🕥
Thanks for updating, I hope it works out better next time. Your cat is lovely. It was relaxing to feel immersed in your garden plants and birdsong! Take care
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Came out a bit watery. Possibly roots better, but I didn't want to dig the plants up.
Roots do have more saponins than the rest of plant!
@@gwyngilkeson4381 I've been using Ivy more recently (loads coming in from nextdoor + grows in Winter). ruclips.net/p/PLbSow_0IeSfhDWX4Liu4sIsiYkH6eKqRf Skip to "Boiling up the Ivy" video if you get bored.
What is the book called?
A friend was looking for books on herbalism.
Black's Wildflowers of Britain + Europe
Good for identifying by colour of flowers, not much usage instruction
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www.naturespot.org.uk/species/soapwort
Thank you for sharing! Friend #16. I love strawberries!
They're flowering now, so hoping for a good crop 👍
Winter on the Allotment playlist: ruclips.net/video/bO3D7Q4JcG4/видео.html
they are just doing that to wind you up, surely a littering offence has now taken place ! ha ha get the gits on that ! we use the junk mail to light the fires, colin furze came up with a good letter box for junk mail, it made me chuckle. ruclips.net/video/zubmkHMRP3U/видео.html, take care and keep warm.
lovely crop, the hot weather done them well. one of my future projects is to have grape vines, there is just not enough hours in the day for all my projects ! thanks and take care
it seems like a good year for fruit as long as its kept watered, your a head of the game in the soft fruit range compared to us, something we are planning for the future. you sure have a wonderful allotment. the hairy grapes look good, thanks very much for the update, take care
Yes my water container is fairly new and it's really paying dividends this year. Down to last third now, but I'm not worried as Summer Hols aren't far off and it always pours then. I also use a drop of Worm Juice from my Wormery. Perhaps a topic for a future video. All the best.
Thank you for posting this. I like the cooling system, I think we will use that next time. I am currently designing a solid fuel outdoor boiler that will have a big copper tank cut in half as the two vessels so will likely use your filter idea too!
The main chore in brewing is cleaning up afterwards. I can't emphasis enough that cleaning is a key design consideration (hence the tupperware; most pros use polished stainless steel). A lot of brewers design cumbersome kit going for high volume, but this limits access/cleaning and consequently quality (and their motivation - over time). Bits that you can take out, hose down, wash in the sink or easily replace; that's the way to go. Best of luck to you.
An outdoor boiler is a seriously good idea. Malt dust (flour) is really fine and gets into all the nooks and crannies indoors - then goes sticky and moldy before you know it. There's even a nasty condition called Brewer's Lung. Since you need to cool the wort after the boil anyway, some of that heat could be usefully recovered (a nice warm hot tub after a hard day's brewing = ideal).
looking good, we have our first ripe strawberry today, im looking forward to making a gallon of strawberry wine, one of the best wines i feel next to cherry. i have been feeding my strawberry patch with tea leaves for over a year, i heard that tea leaves are slightly acidic and they like that type of soil, i had a look and your cider/apple web page, amazing work that you are doing, thanks and take care
Many thanks. Do you soak the fruit or juice them? Got any vines in your polytunnels? I've done a Strawberry + Rhubarb in the past. Gooseberries also can make a reasonable wine. Tea leaves sounds perfect.
Oh BTW hope the name makes more sense now? Crispin's is the brand (i.e. belonging to or in the possession of Crispin).
the way i make wine is not always the standard way, i chop the fruit up and then boil it in large pan with water, them mash it when it has gone soft, then strain it to remove the pulp, let it cool then ferment. i like to do this to kill all bacteria, i use tea for tanning and adding a few raisins always helps flavour, i have just planted 4 gooseberry bushes with more to come in the future, i do not have vines in the poly tunnel, but have got some melons this year, im also hoping to press my pears in my fruit press to make some perry, brewing is a passion and drinking it is even more of a passion !! ha ha i love a good drink. yes your channel name all makes sense now.
Not had much luck with Perry; always seems to go like tangy cheese. I've got some honey so may try some mead, but debating whether to put any fruit or flowers in it. Have you tried any flower wines? Lots of Elderflower here right now. I love 70s wine making books. Also the kit like the glass demijohns - the kind of things you used to be able to buy in Boots.
nice kit there, i wanted to get into distilling but decided i would end up drinking too much, im sticking to my home brew wines. i never knew you was in to brewing, interesting video with some fantastic ideas, thanks and take care
I gave up office life to become a cider maker. exeter-apples.org.uk I'd like to do other beverages too one day, but I'm taking it one step at a time. When my video making skills are good enough, I'll do one on measuring ABV.
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coming along very nicely, ive never understood why rhubarb is so expensive, it grows so fast year after year, you can hack the thing and it still stays alive. im not too keen on it but grow it to sell outside on our honesty box. i sell it at just 50p a bunch ! thanks for the update take care
very nice setup, perfect for the Job, i need to invest is some larger water catchment, at the moment i just have the small standard water butts that always over flow in rain. today is going to be beautiful weather, i hope you have a lovely day on the allotment, take care
The search term is "IBC" (Intermediate Bulk Container) and you can often get them from scrapyards near shipping ports. Mine was originally used for soy sauce and cost just a few crowns.
thanks for that info, i will have a search, i used to have a very large container, 2500 litre is i remember right, it was about 7 feet tall and about 4 feet in diameter, i used it on my old house, i had to wash it out well because it used to contain orange juice with loads of bits in, i climbed inside it to clean it ! in the future i will have more storage. thanks enjoy your day !
hello Crispin, its lovely to see you start up a channel, there is a really nice bunch of kind people in this growing community on you tube, im sure you will enjoy being a part of it and you input of your growing knowledge will defiantly help people out. there is so much to learn about growing that im worried i will be in my 70s when i get really good. one tiny thing i would like to say, try turning your phone to see if you can get full screen, hopefully it will work, look at this little video, ha ha ruclips.net/video/eYLL7-rUGPY/видео.html . im in suffolk my ruhbarb has just showing its 1st signs, yours is ahead of mine, are you more south than me ? thanks Crispin take care
Opps Schoolboy Error :-) Proper snowing here. Might be a while before I can make another clip.
Beautiful video. Your Rhubarb are well ahead of ours! We'll done and thanks for sharing. Liked and subscribed.
I can recommend a Salad Spinner as a cheap and efficient way to wash your home grown leaves. Juice makes a mildly disinfecting dressing.