Autumn 2012 Orchard visit to Morewellham Quay, Devon

Posted on October 22, 2012September 8, 2022 by qwertyqweryt61

They have an old orchard and new orchard, so I thought this was going to be a good visit, but my thoughts changed as the visit progressed.

morwellham_quay_sloping_tamar_valley_garden_resized — Typical sloping garden in the Tamar valley

Typical of the Tamar valley is the sloping gardens, so the sun has full effect early on in the year. Bringing on ripe strawberries and other fruit.

morwellham_quay_fig_tree_resized — Fig tree on south facing wall

Fig tree and greenhouse on a south facing wall. This must get very hot in summer.

morwellham_quay_cask_sizes_resized — Cask names and capacity sizes

morwellham_quay10_resized — Names of all the parts of a cask

morwellham_quay_old_orchard4_resized — Old orchard complete with grazing ram

morwellham_quay_new_orchard3_resized — New orchard

morwellham_quay_new_orchard2_resized — New orchard all locked up

After inquiring as to why the orchard was all locked up. Nobody seemed to know or even tried to arrange for it to be unlock it for me. This was a big disappointment.