Pear trees blossom

DSC_2314.jpgTraditional landscape. Grazing with huge standard apple and pear trees.

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Dignity and generosity. The trees carry themselves so well in all seasons, give the cattle shade, and play host to loads of wildlife – unlike the stunted, sprayed, clipped and tortured lines of commercial fruit farming.

The orchards’ most obvious guests are the noisy woodpeckers and the bunches of mistletoe who, in turn, lend the trees their midwinter green.

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