Disturbed this beauty today when washing out barrels The NZ common gecko. Geckos or Moko pāpā eat live insects such as slaters flies and caterpillars Mainland geckos are preyed on by introduced pests -stoats, cats, hedgehogs. I have seen a resurgence of geckos since trapping pests around the orchard
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Disturbed this beauty today when washing out barrels The NZ common gecko. Geckos or Moko pāpā eat live insects such as slaters flies and caterpillars Mainland geckos are preyed on by introduced pests -stoats, cats, hedgehogs. I have seen a resurgence of geckos since trapping pests around the orchard
Evening is a lovely time in the orchard. Cooler after the hot sunny day. The Piwakawakas flitting about after insects. The sheep content and the days end and the apples and pears filling out. The Spring growth of the grass sward slowing. #orchard #apples #pears #NewZealand #evening
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Evening is a lovely time in the orchard. Cooler after the hot sunny day. The Piwakawakas flitting about after insects. The sheep content and the days end and the apples and pears filling out. The Spring growth of the grass sward slowing. #orchard #apples #pears #NewZealand #evening
The oldest original apple trees in NZ were probably planted by Captain John Howell in 1853 in Riverton/Aparina Southland He was a whaler later politician These were discovered by Robyn Guyton on her quest to help rescue Southland regions heritage fruit trees #apples #Southland #NewZealand #Aotearoa
December 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The oldest original apple trees in NZ were probably planted by Captain John Howell in 1853 in Riverton/Aparina Southland He was a whaler later politician These were discovered by Robyn Guyton on her quest to help rescue Southland regions heritage fruit trees #apples #Southland #NewZealand #Aotearoa
In recognition of nature. It snowed/hailed in the South Island/Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa yesterday! Yes mid summer, so here is a photo of apple trees midwinter in Austria . Photo credit - Gerald Berghammer
December 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In recognition of nature. It snowed/hailed in the South Island/Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa yesterday! Yes mid summer, so here is a photo of apple trees midwinter in Austria . Photo credit - Gerald Berghammer
Wētā are native insects of NZ. They are giant flightless crickets. This is one I disturbed collecting in apples. Wētā are preyed on by introduced pests - rats cats hedgehogs and some are now critically endangered. They live in holes in our apple trees where rot has set in. #weta #apples #orchard
December 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Merry Christmas. Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree is an oil painting from 1530 by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. The painting is in State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Cranach was the court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career. #art #apple #Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Merry Christmas. Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree is an oil painting from 1530 by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. The painting is in State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Cranach was the court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career. #art #apple #Christmas
T’is the night before Christmas 1895 and the snow lay deep and crisp and even all round Éragny in northern France. Camille Pissarro painted it from his studio with the nearby village of Bazincourt visible in the background.
#apples #appletree #France #art #painting
#apples #appletree #France #art #painting
December 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
T’is the night before Christmas 1895 and the snow lay deep and crisp and even all round Éragny in northern France. Camille Pissarro painted it from his studio with the nearby village of Bazincourt visible in the background.
#apples #appletree #France #art #painting
#apples #appletree #France #art #painting
Channeling the winter Christmas theme here is a painting by Judith Yarrow, an English artist based in Cotswolds. Pruning the apples trees. #apples #painting #winter #Christmas
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Channeling the winter Christmas theme here is a painting by Judith Yarrow, an English artist based in Cotswolds. Pruning the apples trees. #apples #painting #winter #Christmas
How to make a confectionary Rudolph! 🤣 Well he will be getting ready to deliver presents very soon to those cider makers who make proper ciders this year. Hopefully news of a change in regulations. #cider #fulljuicecider #notfromconcentrate #seasonalcider #harvestdriven
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
How to make a confectionary Rudolph! 🤣 Well he will be getting ready to deliver presents very soon to those cider makers who make proper ciders this year. Hopefully news of a change in regulations. #cider #fulljuicecider #notfromconcentrate #seasonalcider #harvestdriven
There is a long tradition of using apples as Xmas decorations stemming from medieval Paradise Plays where they symbolised the forbidden fruit Paradise trees often fir morphed Xmas trees in UK when Prince Albert introduced German Christmas traditions. The apples morphed into Christmas decorations.
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
There is a long tradition of using apples as Xmas decorations stemming from medieval Paradise Plays where they symbolised the forbidden fruit Paradise trees often fir morphed Xmas trees in UK when Prince Albert introduced German Christmas traditions. The apples morphed into Christmas decorations.
The bull or spear thistle at Beau Vista Orchard It native to of Europe but is now common in NZ in fields and gardens The spines on its leaves and stem can easily penetrate gardening gloves Not eaten by our sheep but its purple flowers are popular with bees butterflies and other pollinators. #thistle
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The bull or spear thistle at Beau Vista Orchard It native to of Europe but is now common in NZ in fields and gardens The spines on its leaves and stem can easily penetrate gardening gloves Not eaten by our sheep but its purple flowers are popular with bees butterflies and other pollinators. #thistle
I was talking to a young reporter about cider who hadn’t heard of Acker Bilk famous for his hit Stranger on the Shore Whilst finding her a link I came across a cider song of his Recorded with Norman Candler Strings I hadn’t heard of them but my parents would have History lost in time 😢 #History
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I was talking to a young reporter about cider who hadn’t heard of Acker Bilk famous for his hit Stranger on the Shore Whilst finding her a link I came across a cider song of his Recorded with Norman Candler Strings I hadn’t heard of them but my parents would have History lost in time 😢 #History
The structure of an apple is deceptively simple skin flesh and core but derives from different parts of the flower The core is the true fruit with the seeds contained in the hard carpel cases The vascular chanels from the petals separate the core from the flesh of the hypanthium #apple #anatomy
December 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What a difference of 10 days of summer makes. These grafts are growing well after getting established. I bind electrical tape over the grafting tape as a splint to the graft as birds seem to like perching on the scion wood! Wobbles before the union becomes strong is not good #grafting #pear #orchard
December 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What a difference of 10 days of summer makes. These grafts are growing well after getting established. I bind electrical tape over the grafting tape as a splint to the graft as birds seem to like perching on the scion wood! Wobbles before the union becomes strong is not good #grafting #pear #orchard
Yesterday was a picture perfect day in Wairarapa ( glistening water in Māori), hot, blue skies and no wind. Sprinklers going in the new orchard. Perfect weather for apple growth. #orchard #apples #Wairararapa #NewZealand #Aotearoa
December 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yesterday was a picture perfect day in Wairarapa ( glistening water in Māori), hot, blue skies and no wind. Sprinklers going in the new orchard. Perfect weather for apple growth. #orchard #apples #Wairararapa #NewZealand #Aotearoa
Yesterday TeePee Cider hosted the Cyclotek Christmas party at the orchard A cider talk, cider tasting and a walk in the orchard before lunch and games. A great time was had. Come on a coach or the train from Wellington #hosting #Xmas #fun #orchard #cider #party #games #cidertalk
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A pear called Alex. A few years ago Alex Peckham and I swapped scion wood of perry pears. This is one from him now growing at Beau Vista orchard in Wairarapa. There is going to be a good crop this year. Might be able to make a Single Vintage RIP Alex your legacy continues #perry
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A pear called Alex. A few years ago Alex Peckham and I swapped scion wood of perry pears. This is one from him now growing at Beau Vista orchard in Wairarapa. There is going to be a good crop this year. Might be able to make a Single Vintage RIP Alex your legacy continues #perry
I often get asked how many apples in a bottle of cider? According to AI it takes 36 apples to produce 1 gallon of cider. But of course it depends on size of apples and extraction in your scatter and press. Our rack and cloth press has about 70% juice extraction from our cider apples #cider #apples
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Apple picking linocut by Christopher Wormell, a prolific English printmaker. He had no formal training as an artist, but worked as a road-sweeper, rubbish collector & postman. He bought a set of engraving tools and taught himself. A natural, he has won many awards.
#art #apples #harvest #linocut
#art #apples #harvest #linocut
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This little beauty of a perry pear we call Carterton as it was found on a farm in Carterton district Probably a wilding of good age maybe 100 years old I took scion wood a few years ago and grafted onto Beurre Hardy rootstock The juice is tannic and a high sugar content. Good flavours. #perry #pears
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This little beauty of a perry pear we call Carterton as it was found on a farm in Carterton district Probably a wilding of good age maybe 100 years old I took scion wood a few years ago and grafted onto Beurre Hardy rootstock The juice is tannic and a high sugar content. Good flavours. #perry #pears
Anna Syperek is a Canadian artist She graduated in painting & printmaking from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1980.
The inspiration for her painting comes from an intuitive rapport with her own surroundings, in and about the town and countryside of Antigonish. #apples #painting
The inspiration for her painting comes from an intuitive rapport with her own surroundings, in and about the town and countryside of Antigonish. #apples #painting
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Tom Putt apples growing at Beau Vista. First noted in Devon in Cornwall Notes and Queries Tom Putt apple was named for an 18th C Thomas Putt of Combe in Devon. However in The Apples of England HV Taylor said it’s his nephew the Rev. Thomas Putt of Trent in Dorset who developed it. #apples #cider
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thorndon Fair was a blast this year. A lot of customers wanted dry cider not the sweet supermarket industrial ciders. Our award winning ciders were well received. We sold out! Last year we didn’t. #cider #NZCider #festival #wellington
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Thorndon Fair was a blast this year. A lot of customers wanted dry cider not the sweet supermarket industrial ciders. Our award winning ciders were well received. We sold out! Last year we didn’t. #cider #NZCider #festival #wellington
Two views of Beau Vista orchard. Now in full leaf and the apples and pears growing. Here's hoping for good weather this Summer to build on the good Spring we have just had. Luckily the bad winds in late Spring did not affect the trees. #orchard #cider #NZCider #wairarapa #Aotearoa
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Two views of Beau Vista orchard. Now in full leaf and the apples and pears growing. Here's hoping for good weather this Summer to build on the good Spring we have just had. Luckily the bad winds in late Spring did not affect the trees. #orchard #cider #NZCider #wairarapa #Aotearoa