At BeauVista Orchard we have planted crab apple trees. This primes the orchard insects for the apple blossom which comes a few weeks later. We rely on solitary indigenous bees and bumblebees to pollinate, the latter we have established here. Apple #crabapple#bee#SolitaryBee#bumblebee

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Teepee Cider & BeauVista Orchard Method Albion Cider and Perry. Fermented on lees for 3 years. Organic seasonal orchard produce. Cider apples and perry pear fruit hand crafted into cider and perry at Harvest time. “A Taste worth More” #apples#cider#pear#perry#Orchard#Seasonal#HarvestDriven

Evidence of life in the Ruru box around the entrance but is it a Ruru? Not seen any birds yet but Ruru are mainly nocturnal. Here is a stock photo of this small owl. #ornithology#ruru#morepork#orchard#cider

Amazing appearance as the medlar blossom unfurls. Just beautiful. #medlar#orchard#TeePeeCider

Tom Putt apples at budburst. The first of the apples in the cider orchard to welcome Spring and herald in the new season, who knows yet what the harvest will be. The cycle starts again. . #cider#orchard#Spring#NewZealand

A new chiller on the way to TeePee Cider to chill the riddled cider down to 5C prior to disgorging. This reduces the loss of cider. A delicate balance, too much chilling and there is not enough pressure to eject the ice and yeast plug in the bottle neck! #cider#MethodTraditional#disgorging#cidery

Dyer’s Pass perry pear in full blossom. This tree is 10 years old now and is growing into a magnificent tree. Looking forward to a good crop of pears 😊. Another one just grafted, sadly a previous 4 year old one succumbed to fireblight last year so replaced. #perry#pear#blossom#orchard

It’s Māori language week in Aotearoa and The OED has just added Māori words that have crossed over in to common Pākehā usage. One is mahi which means work, or activity, occupation, or employment". So I have been doing the mahi waterblasting the cidery yard. #Māori#TeReo#OED

Not far from the orchard is a memorial arbor to Japanese POW soldiers in WW2 who were tragically killed. The blossom is outstanding this year. #POW#Featherston#cherry#blossomnzhistory.govt.nz/49-killed-du....