My 9 year old son came in while you were playing the guitar and after a while he says "I feel like I know him". Then a minute later he says "THE APPlE GUY"! All six of my kids know you. That should tell you something about how much of an influence your videos have had on us. Thank you.
Stephan,just to let you know how informative and thoughful,your material has been to me.I have one old apple tree left in Mums garden,and your pruning notes have been of great help.Never stop downloading.
i sure hope your health is holding out thanks mostly to you my orchard is now 100 trees 25 different varieties strong and growing. i look forward to every walk through the orchard. Best to you in this new year
Thank you Wes. My health is not what it was, but the main reasons I post so little here recently are (A) I have little new to say, and (B) the orchard is no longer the main focus of my ‘spare’ time. That has moved to teaching skin cancer diagnostics. I spent £15,000 (including loss of earnings) and 3 months of my time in Australia and New Zealand this time last year pursuing expertise in this area and am organising an international training conference this June. I am not at the orchard so often. But that may change after June Anyhow, Julia and I feel deeply privileged and blessed that our humble achievements here have given pleasure and inspiration to others. We set out to do something to promote these wonderful old fruit varieties and traditions and it seems that we have had some success, through these videos. For that we are thankful. I plan to post some updates this year, but I am struggling a bit and need to manage my time carefully. Kindest thoughts.
Hi there! We are two inspired college students. We found your video while looking for sunset apples. We ended up watching almost all your videos! You have captured our attention and we wanted to know where your inspiration stems from. Thank you and hope to hear back from you soon. Happy holidays!
Nice cabin, we have something similar. Might we worth getting a solar panel system, a single panel and a decent battery would be good for lights, laptop, modest amp etc.
Mate! You came to New Zealand recently!? Would’ve loved to get your input on our community orchard in Christchurch. It’s an old heritage apple orchard that’d been neglected and we’re trying to restore. We actually share your pruning videos on our facebook page but to get instruction in person would’ve been a treat. Hope you had a good time here.
Thanks. I was only in Christchurch for a day and 2 nights, seeing an old mate and walking about a bit. I was mostly in Brisbane studying skin cancer diagnostics, which has taken over from the orchard as my main area of interest. Will try to put a few vids up this autumn, but generally, as said before, I don;t have much to say or show I haven;t already posted several times. All the best
No riots yet, and not a lot of writing (that will come, I hope, when I finally retire in 3 years). Have written a few scraps of song lyrics and poems, but for now it's mostly playing guitar, drinking cider, and looking out the window. The windows were specifically designed to capture as much sunlight and orchard as possible. And reading philosophy and history.
I appreciate you are very very busy Stephen but I'm just wondering if you will be doing a scion wood send out this year? Your videos (and book) are great and I've learned so much from them over the years. Best wishes.
Thanks Jamie. I’d love to send out some scion wood this spring, but it has to be done in March, and I have some heavy stuff going on in March. Combination of things that I don’t want to share with world and that can’t be re-scheduled. A full blown scion wood send out to the usual 100 or so addresses across Europe takes all my spare time and energy for a couple of weeks. Sorry. Maybe 2021.
Hi Stephen. I saw that you have some rootstocks which have been grown out without grafting anything to them. Would you mind doing a video on these? I am curious as to what the apples on these rootstocks end up looking/tasting like. Love your videos and hope to see more from you in the future.
Thanks. To be honest it’s been a difficult year, for reasons I don’t particularly want to tell the world, and done a lot of travel, but the main reasons for uploading very few videos are 1) nothing new to say, and 2) been using all my spare energy developing an international skin cancer conference in Winchester next June. Also most of the trees took a rest from fruiting this year anyway. I will try to get a video up soon just to say hello. Thanks for caring.
I may do when the need arises. Currently, the writer's cabin is mostly in the 'When I have more time after I retire' category. As I mentioned, I am much occupied organising a skin cancer diagnostics conference next June. Budget is £40,000 and I am the only backer! I hope to spend some more time in the woods and orchard this winter. Kind regaards
Hi Stephen. I haven't been able to find a better way to contact you so the comment section will have to do. I was wondering if you'll be sending out scion wood in jan/feb/march of 2020? If that is the case I would be interested in some of your varieties or even doing some scion wood trades with you (i have ''access'' to a large collection from one of my professors). I am located in Slovenia. All the best, Luka.
Hi Luka. At present I haven't decided about sending out scion wood in late winter 2019/20. Probably I won't as I am going to be really busy preparing an international scientific conference here in Hampshire, but I will make a definite announcement soon. I may send a limited number of parcels out, previous years I have been sending 100 or more parcels and it takes me 2 whole weeks. Sorry for my indecision
@@stephenhayesuk Hi, thank you for answering. Ah yes, i believe you mentioned u were going to be busy for some time in one of your videos but i gave it a shot anyways. No worries, that is completely understandable. I will be following your activity and if you decide to go ahead with sending them out, please keep me in mind. I wish you all the best, Luka
@@stephenhayesuk Hello, I hope everything is well with you and your family. I have my hands full for this years grafting so no worries about the scion wood :) Since i am still very interested in some of your varieties, i'll probably message you again next year asking about the situation - sorry if i'm a bit annoying. I wish you all the best, Luka.
Thanks. Sort of OK, been better. Planning to put up a video soon. Yesterday we were at the orchard burning hedge prunings, today I am at home writing a medicolegal report. Tomorrow I hope to go fishing, then Thursday and Friday at the hospital working! Life has moved on, we still love the orchard but I have little new to say and much else to do.
@@stephenhayesuk that's fine. I was just worried. You do what you need to. I used to be a brewer, so I always enjoy you cider videos. Hope to make a tour of England someday to taste some where it is made. Cheers.
Sorry just getting the hang of this. Hi Stephen I was at the Wickam Music Festival last weekend and actually went through Bottley as you would expect, I almost expected to see you around ha ha. I have an allotment that I am preparing for a 10 tree orchard and the trees are on order for delivery next January that is how I found your mine of information and thank you for that. Anyway at the festival we walked down into Wickam village and had a pint in the Kings Head pub in the square, I am sure you will have been there yourself. As you walk up the beer garden on the right hand side at the bottom of the wall there is what appears to be an apple tree/bush, have you seen it and do you know what verity it is? I did take some pics but I don't think I can attach them here. I should also say I say my first Medlar tree in the front garden of a house near the community centre when walking into the village
Hi John, we were at the festival too and I remember that particular medlar tree in a front garden. I played mandolin with Wickham Morris outside The King’s Head, one of my favorite pubs. Not sure about the Apple tree you mentioned, will have a look out for it.
I suspect that might be what's in the lean-to on the side, that we saw right before the video cut out. Probably some basic composting toilet - but that's all you need for something like this.
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My 9 year old son came in while you were playing the guitar and after a while he says "I feel like I know him". Then a minute later he says "THE APPlE GUY"! All six of my kids know you. That should tell you something about how much of an influence your videos have had on us. Thank you.
I am genuinely moved. Thank you friend.
Stephan,just to let you know how informative and thoughful,your material has been to me.I have one old apple tree left in Mums garden,and your pruning notes have been of great help.Never stop downloading.
i sure hope your health is holding out thanks mostly to you my orchard is now 100 trees 25 different varieties strong and growing. i look forward to every walk through the orchard. Best to you in this new year
Thank you Wes. My health is not what it was, but the main reasons I post so little here recently are (A) I have little new to say, and (B) the orchard is no longer the main focus of my ‘spare’ time. That has moved to teaching skin cancer diagnostics. I spent £15,000 (including loss of earnings) and 3 months of my time in Australia and New Zealand this time last year pursuing expertise in this area and am organising an international training conference this June. I am not at the orchard so often. But that may change after June
Anyhow, Julia and I feel deeply privileged and blessed that our humble achievements here have given pleasure and inspiration to others. We set out to do something to promote these wonderful old fruit varieties and traditions and it seems that we have had some success, through these videos. For that we are thankful.
I plan to post some updates this year, but I am struggling a bit and need to manage my time carefully.
Kindest thoughts.
You've got all kinds of hidden talents...great video.
Hi there! We are two inspired college students. We found your video while looking for sunset apples. We ended up watching almost all your videos! You have captured our attention and we wanted to know where your inspiration stems from. Thank you and hope to hear back from you soon. Happy holidays!
Hi and thanks. Short answer, read my e-book ‘Tales From am English Orchard’ on Amazon Kindle. Story told there.
What a beautiful place, I could quite happily live there!
Sure miss you and your videos Stephen. Hope you and your wife are well.
As always one of the best garden channels . Nice colourful guitar.
I appreciate your reason for leaving the key in the door :) It is what it is.
Great to see another video update this year Stephen. All the best 🙂
It's always nice to spend some time together, Steve; looking forward to the chronicles 2 someday Lord willing.
Nice cabin, we have something similar. Might we worth getting a solar panel system, a single panel and a decent battery would be good for lights, laptop, modest amp etc.
I was thinking about you today while perusing my grafted apple trees and here you are. ☺
Mate! You came to New Zealand recently!? Would’ve loved to get your input on our community orchard in Christchurch. It’s an old heritage apple orchard that’d been neglected and we’re trying to restore. We actually share your pruning videos on our facebook page but to get instruction in person would’ve been a treat. Hope you had a good time here.
Thanks. I was only in Christchurch for a day and 2 nights, seeing an old mate and walking about a bit. I was mostly in Brisbane studying skin cancer diagnostics, which has taken over from the orchard as my main area of interest. Will try to put a few vids up this autumn, but generally, as said before, I don;t have much to say or show I haven;t already posted several times. All the best
Gorgeous wee cabin!
nice chalet - retreat, have a good 2019!
really cool video, what a great place, shame the battery ran out, i could have watched much more quite happily
Nice to see your riotus cabin!
No riots yet, and not a lot of writing (that will come, I hope, when I finally retire in 3 years). Have written a few scraps of song lyrics and poems, but for now it's mostly playing guitar, drinking cider, and looking out the window. The windows were specifically designed to capture as much sunlight and orchard as possible. And reading philosophy and history.
I appreciate you are very very busy Stephen but I'm just wondering if you will be doing a scion wood send out this year?
Your videos (and book) are great and I've learned so much from them over the years. Best wishes.
Thanks Jamie. I’d love to send out some scion wood this spring, but it has to be done in March, and I have some heavy stuff going on in March. Combination of things that I don’t want to share with world and that can’t be re-scheduled. A full blown scion wood send out to the usual 100 or so addresses across Europe takes all my spare time and energy for a couple of weeks. Sorry. Maybe 2021.
@@stephenhayesuk Thanks for letting me know Stephen. Good luck with the busy schedule and I hope 2020 is good to yourself and all the trees.
Hi Stephen. I saw that you have some rootstocks which have been grown out without grafting anything to them. Would you mind doing a video on these? I am curious as to what the apples on these rootstocks end up looking/tasting like. Love your videos and hope to see more from you in the future.
Thank you Stephen, very cool!
Hello Dr Stephen
I’ve noticed you haven’t uploaded any recent video’s
Are you ok....?
Thanks. To be honest it’s been a difficult year, for reasons I don’t particularly want to tell the world, and done a lot of travel, but the main reasons for uploading very few videos are 1) nothing new to say, and 2) been using all my spare energy developing an international skin cancer conference in Winchester next June. Also most of the trees took a rest from fruiting this year anyway. I will try to get a video up soon just to say hello. Thanks for caring.
How do you keep grass and weeds from growing up around your fruit tree trunks?
glyphosate spray.
Been along time hope thing are OK hope to learn more from you in the future
Note to self, Keep my harmonicas to hand when I'm down your way 😁
You could always put solar panels on the roof to give an electricity supply.
I may do when the need arises. Currently, the writer's cabin is mostly in the 'When I have more time after I retire' category. As I mentioned, I am much occupied organising a skin cancer diagnostics conference next June. Budget is £40,000 and I am the only backer! I hope to spend some more time in the woods and orchard this winter. Kind regaards
Play some Rolling Stones
Hi Stephen. I haven't been able to find a better way to contact you so the comment section will have to do.
I was wondering if you'll be sending out scion wood in jan/feb/march of 2020? If that is the case I would be interested in some of your varieties or even doing some scion wood trades with you (i have ''access'' to a large collection from one of my professors). I am located in Slovenia. All the best, Luka.
Hi Luka. At present I haven't decided about sending out scion wood in late winter 2019/20. Probably I won't as I am going to be really busy preparing an international scientific conference here in Hampshire, but I will make a definite announcement soon. I may send a limited number of parcels out, previous years I have been sending 100 or more parcels and it takes me 2 whole weeks. Sorry for my indecision
@@stephenhayesuk
Hi, thank you for answering. Ah yes, i believe you mentioned u were going to be busy for some time in one of your videos but i gave it a shot anyways. No worries, that is completely understandable. I will be following your activity and if you decide to go ahead with sending them out, please keep me in mind.
I wish you all the best, Luka
@@stephenhayesuk Hello, I hope everything is well with you and your family. I have my hands full for this years grafting so no worries about the scion wood :) Since i am still very interested in some of your varieties, i'll probably message you again next year asking about the situation - sorry if i'm a bit annoying. I wish you all the best, Luka.
An odd apple tree in the Kings Head at Wickam
I have missed your videos. Hope everything is OK.
Thanks. Sort of OK, been better. Planning to put up a video soon. Yesterday we were at the orchard burning hedge prunings, today I am at home writing a medicolegal report. Tomorrow I hope to go fishing, then Thursday and Friday at the hospital working! Life has moved on, we still love the orchard but I have little new to say and much else to do.
@@stephenhayesuk that's fine. I was just worried. You do what you need to. I used to be a brewer, so I always enjoy you cider videos. Hope to make a tour of England someday to taste some where it is made. Cheers.
Sorry just getting the hang of this. Hi Stephen I was at the Wickam Music Festival last weekend and actually went through Bottley as you would expect, I almost expected to see you around ha ha. I have an allotment that I am preparing for a 10 tree orchard and the trees are on order for delivery next January that is how I found your mine of information and thank you for that. Anyway at the festival we walked down into Wickam village and had a pint in the Kings Head pub in the square, I am sure you will have been there yourself. As you walk up the beer garden on the right hand side at the bottom of the wall there is what appears to be an apple tree/bush, have you seen it and do you know what verity it is? I did take some pics but I don't think I can attach them here. I should also say I say my first Medlar tree in the front garden of a house near the community centre when walking into the village
Hi John, we were at the festival too and I remember that particular medlar tree in a front garden. I played mandolin with Wickham Morris outside The King’s Head, one of my favorite pubs.
Not sure about the Apple tree you mentioned, will have a look out for it.
too bad the UK government wont let people spend some time living in these cabins, i wonder what the punishment would be
They would get hung by their toes and pummled into unconsciousness with an organic carrot.
You need a toilet and a way to wash your hands. Soft drinks and writing takes a bit of time, won't the gov allow a loo? Beautiful place.
I suspect that might be what's in the lean-to on the side, that we saw right before the video cut out. Probably some basic composting toilet - but that's all you need for something like this.
We have a splendid compost toilet and some rain water butts. Just round the corner the pother side of the apple store.