Apples and migrations

The volunteer apple trees already present on the farm promise to bear a substantial crop this year, despite no real pruning. We expect many gallons of juice from this, likely a couple of dozen or more, but not hundreds.

The apples aren't ripe yet, but are ripening. Perhaps by the end of the month there will be more batches in fermentation.

The geese are getting the migratory urge. At first there was concern that we might have to clip their wings, but it emerges that feeding them well works even better. They form up into a line, trying to form a vee, and run across the field honking and flapping, but fail to go aloft, so the whole endeavour is rather pointless. The rest of the time they cheerfully wander around grazing, and bullying their way to the bird feed, so do not feel too sorry for them.