SLOG Events
SLOG holds practical and interesting events for our members throughout the year including grafting and budding workshops (where you can create your own trees, all materials provided), pruning workshops for both standard and espallier trees, orchard visits, seasonal meetings with guest speakers and members apple pressing days where you can bring your own apples to be pressed (with some volume limits). We also have a stand that tours some of the local fairs and events. You always learn something at a SLOG event!
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
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Saturday 16th November: Winter Pruning & Planting
SLOG Annex Orchard (Mill Fields, Crosthwaite) A working party day on our 5 year old annex orchard in Crosthwaite run by Andy Brown. General tidy up, some formative pruning and a couple of new trees to plant. Bring your own secateurs if you have them (some will be provided), and gardening gloves. We usually finish around 3pm as it'll be getting dark. Weather may be an issue so check here before setting off to the event.
Directions: Click here for location. Parking at Crosthwaite Argyle Memorial Hall (extra parking available at school if need be) then walk down Oak Lane (trackway) for 200yds until reaching 2nd gate on right with 'private' sign. Walk on in.
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Apple Pressing Dates:
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For apple pressing booking and hire details click here
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Saturday 28th September 10am – 3pm Members Apple Pressing at Halecat, Witherslack. There are still spare slots available to press your apples. Contact Dick Palmer to book a slot. email dickrhonapalmer@gmail.com or phone 01229 716095. Bring up to 40kg of apples for a single batch pressing and containers for your juice. Directions: From Bretargh Holt rdbt follow A590 direction Barrow and take the Witherslack turning on the right. Pass the Derby Arms and take the left turn in the village centre. Follow the brown signs for Halecat Garden Centre. (click here for location)
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Saturday 5th October 11am – 3pm Ford Park Apple Day (including pressing), Ulverston. (click here for location)
Sunday 6th October 10am – 3.30pm Beetham Nursery Apple Weekend including pressing, apple identification & advice. (click here for location)
Saturday 12th October 11am – 4pm NT Acorn Bank Apple identification (click here for location)
Saturday 19th October 10am – 2pm Sedbergh Apple Day including pressing, identification & advice
Sunday 3rd November 10am – 3pm Members Apple Pressing at Sprint Mill, Burneside. Book time slots with Andy (click here for location)
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Orchard Events
The orchard planting is coming along. A plan of the orchard and its varieties is now available.
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More details are on the SLOG Orchard page.
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If you would like to join the orchard team, please email Andy Andy Gilchrist or call 01539 727772.
We see this as an opportunity to:
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maintain some of the rarer Furness, Cumberland and Westmorland varieties, from which scion wood and/or buds can be provided for propagation
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grow on grafts from unidentified trees to obtain fruit for identification
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evaluate scab-resistant varieties under Cumbrian conditions
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evaluate new rootstocks such as M116
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evaluate the suitability of new varieties for Cumbrian conditions
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etc etc (and it doesn't have to be just apples!)
North Cumbria Orchard Group Events
NCOG events are open to SLOG Members as a reciprocal arrangement.
A link to NCOG events can be found by clicking here:
SLOG Apple Tasting
SLOG Apple Pressing
Gilchrist Gold - Pear from Crook Foot Orchard
Crook Foot Orchard - Gilpin Valley