"Having bought our beautiful old orchard that has been our neighbour for 40 years, to say it's been a steep learning curve is an understatement, not the least of which is understanding that the only way for us to be viable with this orchard is to value add every bit of fruit. I’ve already written about our dried apricots, pears and peaches and the huge amount of apricot jam we made back in January and some great products valued adding the dried fruit, yet it is the making of our cider that has the possibility of being the icing on the cake I think, as certainly fresh fruit has lost its currency in more ways than one and I’m determined to find a way to make the orchard economic (when we’re not actually out there doing all the work ourselves) so it stays an orchard for future generations." - Maggie