I googled quince and not sure about this one tree…but you could be right on one of the other trees I saw briefly once I got through all the brambles…hard to tell as the Ivy has taken over that one too! 🫣
If you want to try and identify your apples you could bring some along to the Apple day at "The Organic Centre" in Rosinver in north Leitrim on Sunday 24th september. They have a large orchard of Irish heritage apples and other fruit, Veggie gardens and loads of polytunnels, The place is well worth a visit to inspire you with what you could do with your land. I've been there a few times and always learn something new. Give it a google! Best of luck from a fellow house (cottage) restorer across the border in Co. Sligo, Denis
Aww wow I didn’t know that existed, I will definitely Google it, especially as once we are under control with the house stuff I would love to be growing some of our own food! How’s the restoring going for you? 😊
What potential there is on your land! It is wise to see what is currently hidden before it is lost! That looked like a ‘cooking apple’ for apple tarts and pies. Usually more sharp than an eating apple. Excited for you🎉❤
It’s a great piece of land, so many established trees, I’m really looking forward to seeing it tidied up a little and accessible all the way around it. We have been told that that the previous owner of the house used to make great apple pies…to the point where she was nicknamed granny apples by the grandchildren.
Well how lovely to have my thoughts confirmed it did have sash windows originally! You are both doing such a wonderful job now to binge watch the rest of your content as a subscriber. Stay well it is important in these projects to have breaks to pamper your mind and body with rest.
Aww thank you! Yes..binge away! Lol. There are still a couple of the old sash windows in one of the outbuildings, that im hanging onto for maybe a future template for new windows. Also we've been told that there was also shutters at the windows originally too...so it would be lovely to replicate them too. I'm not very good at breaks but do try and step back here and there 😉 😆
You area demon with those power tools Dawn. It is obvious how much you and Ben are enjoying living in such a beautiful place. It might be a good idea to cut through the stems of the ivy right around your trees towards the bottom so that it starts dying off which might make it easier to remove later. Best wishes XX
Blimey you and Ben have got good skills.,you both work so hard. That apple is a cooker Dawn- at least it looks like one.lovely fruit off your land. Love from Aunty Chrissie, uncle Dave and family xx🌹🤗🤗
Thank you Auntie Chris. It’s definitely big enough to be a cooker…looking forward to next year when we can get to them before they fall and the animals get to them before us lol. Xx
Plenty of clearing to do folks, well done. My best guess of apple variety would be the 'Apple Green Chisel' variety, which is an Irish heritage variety of dessert apple. A medium-sized to large, greenish-yellow skin with a little russeting and a few red streaks sometimes; the flesh is white, crisp and fairly juicy. A very healthy, vigorous tree. The fruit is particularly clean and scab-resistant, and can be picked from late August in favourable years.
That does sound like what it could be! Big big apples too! There’s another apple tree further along the land too but I couldn’t quite get to that one. Brambles and Ivy all around it again.
Great work. You're right, a change is as good as a rest. It's nice to do something completely different for a bit, and being outside for a day or so should revive you. The Ivy is a bit of a menace. I mean, it can be lovely to look at. Vibrant green and all that, but if you let it grow it will just destroy anything it grows on, houses, sheds, fruit trees... My rule is that it's not allowed to grow on the house and it's not allowed to grow up trees. I find if you check the places you know it wants to grow, and you don't, every couple of years and cut it back to ground level... you can stay on top of it fairly easily. The problem with fruit trees is that the Ivy will put a lot of weight on the branches that fruit trees aren't designed for, so they come down and that's the end of your fruit tree. Keep up the good work. You're doing well. You make a great team. ;)
Thank you 😘 I think I will follow you with the no Ivy rule for the house, outbuildings and trees! It’s destroyed so many trees out there! Might tackle it again tomorrow.
Would love to be able save at least what’s left of it and bring back to good health. Must have have been a really big tree before it lost a few of its branches!
Hopefully, your weekend plans include a nice big breakfast at one of the pubs in a nearby village. A wood chipper should be in your plans for next year to deal with dead branches etc. Maybe Dawn will bake some apple pies next year. Wishing uou all the best from Canada.
It’s beautiful isn’t it? We also have sloes, blackcurrant and blackberries. Next year will be great, as hopefully will have it under control a little more! Lol
Everybody says cut ivy off at the base but on the contrary, it is easier to remove if it is green and malleable so better to go from the end and work back to the base of the vine. That is my experience but feel free to develop your own method of course.
It didn’t work so well for the outbuilding roof lol but I’m sure on a tree it will be much easier to do it like you suggested…because I know when I’ve cut it at the base and waited for it to die off…it’s stuck like glue! Lol
Thank you, we have another tree further down the land that definitely looks like a quince after Googling what they look like. I’d never seen one before lol
According to Jean Auel, in The Clan of the Cave Bear series, nettles are good eating. Might be interesting to research that. Don't know if they are different types, or if need be in right season, etc. But would like to try them.
Yes lots of people have said about doing things with nettles and how good they are for you. Nettle soup seems to be one of the popular things to do. We haven’t tried them as yet but we certainly have am abundance if the fancy takes!
Thank you, yes someone else said that too…maybe I will have to take another look. I do think there may be a quince tree further down the garden as the apples on that tree looked slightly malformed.
How much land do you have? You'd get a lot further on with an electric chainsaw and a Brushcutter, they aren't that expensive. Looks like a cooking apple, they're delicious stewed or in pies.
Hi, we have just under an acre. We have a chainsaw now...but the house has somewhat taken over and the chainsaw is still residing in it's box! Lol but we will take pleasure in using it when we can 😁
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Hello, nice to meet you too. I’ve just checked and I can see Spanish and Portuguese when I click cc and then the little cog. Fingers crossed it’s there for you as well. Glad you are liking the videos 😊😘
I do believe what you have there is a quince tree mmm yum quince jam quince paste
I googled quince and not sure about this one tree…but you could be right on one of the other trees I saw briefly once I got through all the brambles…hard to tell as the Ivy has taken over that one too! 🫣
Just amazing x well done both of you 👏👏🍻
Thank you 😊😘
If you want to try and identify your apples you could bring some along to the Apple day at "The Organic Centre" in Rosinver in north Leitrim on Sunday 24th september. They have a large orchard of Irish heritage apples and other fruit, Veggie gardens and loads of polytunnels, The place is well worth a visit to inspire you with what you could do with your land. I've been there a few times and always learn something new. Give it a google! Best of luck from a fellow house (cottage) restorer across the border in Co. Sligo, Denis
Aww wow I didn’t know that existed, I will definitely Google it, especially as once we are under control with the house stuff I would love to be growing some of our own food! How’s the restoring going for you? 😊
You’re going to have a beautiful property once you’re done, and well deserved.
Thank you! We really hope so 😊
What potential there is on your land! It is wise to see what is currently hidden before it is lost! That looked like a ‘cooking apple’ for apple tarts and pies. Usually more sharp than an eating apple. Excited for you🎉❤
It’s a great piece of land, so many established trees, I’m really looking forward to seeing it tidied up a little and accessible all the way around it. We have been told that that the previous owner of the house used to make great apple pies…to the point where she was nicknamed granny apples by the grandchildren.
Thank you for the videod. I look forward tonseeing your progress
Thank you for watching. 🤩
By the size of the apple it looked like a bramley lovely for cooking
Nice bit of bramley apple pie!
Love the cuckoo bird call.
It’s a lovely sound isn’t it? 🥰
Well how lovely to have my thoughts confirmed it did have sash windows originally! You are both doing such a wonderful job now to binge watch the rest of your content as a subscriber. Stay well it is important in these projects to have breaks to pamper your mind and body with rest.
Aww thank you! Yes..binge away! Lol. There are still a couple of the old sash windows in one of the outbuildings, that im hanging onto for maybe a future template for new windows. Also we've been told that there was also shutters at the windows originally too...so it would be lovely to replicate them too. I'm not very good at breaks but do try and step back here and there 😉 😆
Plenty to do out there Dawn, can't wait to see what you find under all those bushes and nettles.
It’s quite exciting isn’t it? Maybe this weekend I will have another bash at it and see what else there is.xx
What a smart idea. Doing what you want to do on the weekends will help make it through the long job. Fun video!
Yeah, it’s nice to break it up a little and if we keep chipping away each weekend at the land…it should be good to go by next spring 😂
Looks like granny smiths 🍎 cooking apples as to big to be anything else ❤❤❤
Yeah I did wonder about Granny Smiths too! Nice sized apples!
You area demon with those power tools Dawn. It is obvious how much you and Ben are enjoying living in such a beautiful place. It might be a good idea to cut through the stems of the ivy right around your trees towards the bottom so that it starts dying off which might make it easier to remove later. Best wishes XX
Aww we love it! I also love power tools! Hahaha! Might have an Ivy snipping day tomorrow come to think of it! Xx
Blimey you and Ben have got good skills.,you both work so hard. That apple is a cooker Dawn- at least it looks like one.lovely fruit off your land. Love from Aunty Chrissie, uncle Dave and family xx🌹🤗🤗
Thank you Auntie Chris. It’s definitely big enough to be a cooker…looking forward to next year when we can get to them before they fall and the animals get to them before us lol. Xx
Plenty of clearing to do folks, well done. My best guess of apple variety would be the 'Apple Green Chisel' variety, which is an Irish heritage variety of dessert apple. A medium-sized to large, greenish-yellow skin with a little russeting and a few red streaks sometimes; the flesh is white, crisp and fairly juicy. A very healthy, vigorous tree. The fruit is particularly clean and scab-resistant, and can be picked from late August in favourable years.
That does sound like what it could be! Big big apples too! There’s another apple tree further along the land too but I couldn’t quite get to that one. Brambles and Ivy all around it again.
Fruit tree wood is excellent heating wood. High caloric value. Worthwhile stacking it in your woodshed
That’s something else on our to do list….get a wood store going. We have lots of fallen trees that will provide us with a good start to that!
So good to see you smile. I am sure this is hard stuff.
Aww thanks 😘 Yeah it is definitely hard work at times! Extremely rewarding though!
Great work. You're right, a change is as good as a rest. It's nice to do something completely different for a bit, and being outside for a day or so should revive you.
The Ivy is a bit of a menace. I mean, it can be lovely to look at. Vibrant green and all that, but if you let it grow it will just destroy anything it grows on, houses, sheds, fruit trees... My rule is that it's not allowed to grow on the house and it's not allowed to grow up trees. I find if you check the places you know it wants to grow, and you don't, every couple of years and cut it back to ground level... you can stay on top of it fairly easily. The problem with fruit trees is that the Ivy will put a lot of weight on the branches that fruit trees aren't designed for, so they come down and that's the end of your fruit tree.
Keep up the good work. You're doing well. You make a great team. ;)
Thank you 😘 I think I will follow you with the no Ivy rule for the house, outbuildings and trees! It’s destroyed so many trees out there! Might tackle it again tomorrow.
Cutting back all that growth feels like painting the forth bridge but once you get on top of it all it is easier to manage
I like your analogy….it’s one of those jobs that you stand still in the middle of and think….”how am I ever sorting this!?” 😂
This was a lovely video. Thank you!
Thank you, glad you liked.
That is a very old apple tree. It is nice to see you working to save it. And the whole house!
Would love to be able save at least what’s left of it and bring back to good health. Must have have been a really big tree before it lost a few of its branches!
How exciting to see the apple tree being uncovered. Please be careful the Ivey maybe holding up a broken off branch❤
Spoiler alert….lol it was…I was prepared for it though which was lucky otherwise that would have hurt 😂 a lot! 🤣
Hopefully, your weekend plans include a nice big breakfast at one of the pubs in a nearby village. A wood chipper should be in your plans for next year to deal with dead branches etc. Maybe Dawn will bake some apple pies next year. Wishing uou all the best from Canada.
Thank you! Ooh yes we would love a wood chipper…that is on the list, that and a chainsaw! 😂 I might just bake some apple pies next year too!
Love your secret garden! By next year you’ll be harvesting some yummy treats it seems…I wonder what more fruit yielders you will find?
It’s beautiful isn’t it? We also have sloes, blackcurrant and blackberries. Next year will be great, as hopefully will have it under control a little more! Lol
Enjoy your time- awesome video- new friend here
Thank you! And welcome 🤗
I've seen an apple like that grown in Oregon & called a "Winter Banana." Not sure if that's something that would turn up in Ireland, though.
What a great name! I will try and find out what it is for definite 🙂
OMG, looks like you need some heavy equipment to get rid of some of that stuff...love your videos...
Aww thank you 😊 and Yeah it might take more than a hedge trimmer and a strummer 😂
Everybody says cut ivy off at the base but on the contrary, it is easier to remove if it is green and malleable so better to go from the end and work back to the base of the vine. That is my experience but feel free to develop your own method of course.
It didn’t work so well for the outbuilding roof lol but I’m sure on a tree it will be much easier to do it like you suggested…because I know when I’ve cut it at the base and waited for it to die off…it’s stuck like glue! Lol
Looks like a Quince
Thank you, we have another tree further down the land that definitely looks like a quince after Googling what they look like. I’d never seen one before lol
That's what I was thinking too.
According to Jean Auel, in The Clan of the Cave Bear series, nettles are good eating. Might be interesting to research that. Don't know if they are different types, or if need be in right season, etc. But would like to try them.
Yes lots of people have said about doing things with nettles and how good they are for you. Nettle soup seems to be one of the popular things to do. We haven’t tried them as yet but we certainly have am abundance if the fancy takes!
That large fruit is a quince
Thank you, yes someone else said that too…maybe I will have to take another look. I do think there may be a quince tree further down the garden as the apples on that tree looked slightly malformed.
How much land do you have? You'd get a lot further on with an electric chainsaw and a Brushcutter, they aren't that expensive. Looks like a cooking apple, they're delicious stewed or in pies.
Hi, we have just under an acre. We have a chainsaw now...but the house has somewhat taken over and the chainsaw is still residing in it's box! Lol but we will take pleasure in using it when we can 😁
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ho well you should have worn green tho we wouldsee you haha you got a lot of work to do
Haha yes you’re right! There’s quite a bit to do out there!
See if you can borrow a few goats and the land will be cleared in no time !!!
Would love a few goats….but the land isn’t very well fenced at the moment and I think they goats would be on their way off out in no time 😂