Happy to be adding apples to the list of fruit I can grow in my own backyard. It took a couple of years, and it is all up from here. This dwarf gala (M9 rootstock), will produce from 18-27 kilos in a regular year, according to Patrick Whitefield.

Now I love my apples, and that might not be enough in my household. So I went and planted 6 other dwarf apple trees just in case…

Fruit emerging from the buds

Growing… growing…

Protecting the crop from them birds!

Apples – go plant some!