It's difficult to resist a bargain, isn't it?
We'd already bought a plum and a damson tree for the allotment, and some blackberry and tayberry plants for the new bit where the beehives will go.
Last weekend was planting weekend. We'd been to buy some stakes and ties, and on the way back were seduced by a "half price sale" into going into Wyevales, known to all of us for their expensive tat.
The plants in the sale mostly seemed to be dead. Even at half price they weren't worth it. But they also had three very nice fruit trees, two fan-trained, one bush, marked down to £10 and labelled "unknown variety". When we enquired, that meant unknown species. The fans look to be apples or pears, but the bush could be anything at this point of the year. They're three-year-old trees, so quite sturdy, and should produce something next year.
So we bought them. Even better, one wouldn't scan at the till, so we got it for £2. So £22 for all three. ;)
We found a place for one on our now rather crowded allotment, and the other two joined the blackberry bushes in the apiary.
Now we wait and see. At the very least the bees should enjoy the blossom. And they'll be the best pollinated trees anywhere. Assuming that there are suitable partners in the vicinity, of course.
