Category Archives: Farmer
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Lemons, just a few
14Thursday 07 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Following the disaster of last January, when our big freeze wiped out all the lemons, killing one decent sized fruit-producing …
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Kumquat success
8Tuesday 05 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Whilst many crops have not favoured the weird weather of 2015, the humble little kumquat tree seems to be as …
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Autumn colours, in Winter
12Saturday 26 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
It’s officially past mid-winter…. yeah right! Our trees are only just shedding their leaves, as our weird weather continues unabated …
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Making the most of it
8Thursday 03 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
When the mountains are as rock strewn as we have here in the southwest of Türkiye, there is little one …
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This’ll be tasty!
5Tuesday 06 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The citrus fruit yield looks to be well below average this year. Most of that is down to the weather …
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Remembering our Turkish rural springtime
Leave a commentSaturday 03 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Everything is green Everything is fresh Everything is lush Everything is growing… . . How different springtime time, compared to …
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Logs of the future?
7Saturday 19 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Down in the lower olive grove, we have a rather tall lonesome pine that is growing at a weird, almost …
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Olives Trees ‘Off Season’
8Thursday 10 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Olive trees tend to produce a crop every two years, more or less. Some trees are a bit weird, producing …
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Gonna be a peachy old day
3Sunday 06 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Whilst the pear tree and the quince trees are bare this season, can’t quite say the same for the peaches! …
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Lemon tree is still alive, just…
9Tuesday 11 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Remember this lemon tree that was almost wiped out during our much colder than normal winter? Well, this is what happened a few …
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Spot of work to do!
5Thursday 06 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
We forever are collecting wood around here it seems. Whether it’s from the pruning back of the fruit trees every …
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Olive
2Wednesday 05 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Throwback Thursday – The first weeks
8Thursday 30 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
When we first took on the farm it was just an overgrown mess, with trees in poor condition and one …
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Throwback Thursday – Olives indoors!
9Thursday 23 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This takes me back… to the days before the house was fully habitable. We still lived here, but it was …
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Final pomegranate flowers
6Sunday 05 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Early July, and we have the final pomegranate flowers… Should be a fairly good crop again this autumn – can’t …
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Fridge full of apricots…
10Tuesday 30 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Apricots have become my new biscuits! No biscuits for two weeks (fasting), but apricots do just nicely 🙂
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Aubergine story
20Sunday 28 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Growing aubergines has always been a bit of a hit n miss affair with us. Although I have to say, …
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Fresh evening snack…
12Saturday 27 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Strawberries are much much better this season! Moving 120 newly rooted extensions from the old plants last autumn was a …
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Sour Cherries
14Thursday 25 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
For once, we beat the birds to harvesting the Vişne (sour cherries)!
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Peaches…
12Tuesday 23 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Peaches are coming along nicely this season!
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Citrus Tree Care – Lime paint (2 of 2)
8Sunday 21 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Painting the trees with slaked lime and copper sulphate takes time. I have to paint the trunk, from the dirt level, …
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Citrus Tree Care – Lime paint (1 of 2)
12Saturday 20 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Continuing on with the repair and care programme for our citrus trees… this year it’s time to ‘paint’ the trees! …
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Bergamot – another first for us
8Tuesday 16 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After a couple of failures, we now have a Bergamot Orange tree that seems relatively happy and settled. Although it …
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Pomegranates – looks to be a good season
8Sunday 14 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The pomegranate bushes are still in full flower, but at the same time, we have fruit already well formed.We’ll have …
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Dr. Spike and the poorly trees
13Thursday 11 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
With some 250 trees, there are always the odd casualty or two each season; the lemon trees for example. Olive trees are …
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Fruit: late but worth it
11Thursday 11 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Winter was far colder than usual. It lasted longer, then spring was late, and so is summer. Basically, the weather …
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Drilling for water
17Tuesday 09 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Twenty-four hours a day, for seven days… that’s how long it took to drill our artesian well. Before that, we …
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The old olive tree
8Sunday 07 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Not sure how old, but perhaps 200 I’m guessing… We are forever cutting and regenerating with olive trees, but the …
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Citrus fruit – survival of the fittest
9Wednesday 03 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The weird weather continues… It’s early June, and we have the potential for rain this week; practically unheard of. It …
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Young fruit
8Saturday 16 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
As we move into summer, the farm is starting to quieten down after the departure of a million or so …
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Lemon recovery – the senior trees
8Thursday 14 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After the recovery success of the ‘little’ lemon tree, we’ve had to wait to see how the larger trees ended …
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Sorry; more Pomegranate flowers
11Thursday 14 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
I know…. it’s only been a few days since featuring the start of the pomegranate flowers, but they don’t last long, …
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A Pause In Summer…
16Sunday 10 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Early summer it may be (for us), but Mother Nature has her own way of just reminding us who’s boss …
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Ten images of late springtime…
16Saturday 09 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Springtime is a time of big changes and long hours of hard work. In the orchards it has been a …
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Pomegranate flowers have started
16Thursday 07 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
These are just the first to show for the new season, but always love to see the pomegranate bushes come …
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Peach Blossom
5Tuesday 05 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
These shots were taken a few weeks back actually, and feature some of our young peach trees. The blossom on …
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Lemon recovery – result
15Sunday 26 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In the ongoing saga of the lemon trees versus the unexpected and rare cold snap this past winter, we have seen mixed results. …
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It’s hay time
11Saturday 25 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
It’s hay cutting time for me, but of course it’s all done by hand as we farm on a small …
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Orchard in bloom
7Thursday 23 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The citrus orchards are in full bloom right now. Whilst I can’t hear myself think for the noise of a …
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Citrus tree health update
18Wednesday 22 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Following the really cold snap of -5C (23F) we experienced for a few nights over winter, many of the fruit trees had …
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To pea or not to pea…
8Wednesday 15 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The early signs of life in the greenhouse were good, and a few months later the crop looks pretty healthy. …
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Macro Monday: Pomegranate
1Monday 13 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 . . Looks like some underwater plant, but in …
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New life: Olive trees
3Saturday 11 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The olive trees are starting up once again for a new season ! . In early springtime, most the leaves …
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After the burn-up…
6Thursday 09 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After a good old burn-up of the farm waste (branches from mass tree pruning etc), there are still uses for what’s …
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New life: Fig trees
7Wednesday 08 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After looking at the state of the lemon trees, here’s some good and bad news regarding our fig trees. We …
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Annual burn-up time
14Tuesday 07 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Once or twice a year I have a rather large burn-up of all the cuttings, pruning, tree felling and general …
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New life: Lemon trees
15Tuesday 07 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Time is marching on, and as we move well into spring in southwest Türkiye, the orchard is starting to show …
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Clementine flowers – won’t be long
10Thursday 02 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Along with new leaves appearing in the clementine orchards, little flower buds are getting ready too. In a couple of weeks …
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Midday Fox Visitation
18Sunday 22 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Foxes are just part of rural life, and on a regular basis we all lose chickens to feed the babes …
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Plum Trees
4Saturday 21 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Our plum trees are looking so pretty this year! . . . . . . . .
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