The Noble Chafer
The Noble Chafer is a rare, metallic-green beetle that can be found in traditional orchards. The larvae live in old, decaying fruit trees, where they take...
Marmalade Hover Fly
The marmalade hoverfly is commonly found in orchards, sunny woodlands, parks and gardens. The larvae eat aphids and the adults feed on nectar on flowers tansy,...
Leominster Orchards
Look at the number of orchards in around Leominster on this map of 1885 Cassey, in 1808, described the area surrounding Leominster as ‘one entire orchard’....
The Crab Spider
The flower crab spider is one of 27 species of crab spider. The female flower crab spider can alter the colour of its body to match...
The Ten Commandments Apple
The Ten Commandments apple is a small dark red flushed apple used for cider making or eaten as a dessert apple. It originated in Herefordshire in...
Simple Apple Muffins
Ingredients 1 tsp ground cinnamon 150g self-raising flour 3 dessert apples, peeled, cored and chopped finely pinch salt 120ml milk 1 egg, beaten 50g melted butter...
Pear & Honey Parcels
Ingredients 1 large, ripe pear 1 tbsp honey 1/2 tsp flour pinch salt filo pastry 1 large egg white, beaten 1/2 tbsp sugar 1. Preheat...
Apple Songs
Many of you, of a certain vintage, will know the Andrews Sisters’ ‘Don’t sit under the apple tree’, and the traditional ‘The sweetest girl I ever...
Apples in Language
Apples have always been an important part of life in Leominster. We use words connected to apples in our general conversations every day…rotten to the core,...
Animals & Insects in the Orchard
Animals that live in the orchard Three of the most important features of orchards are: the dead, or decaying wood caused by trees which age quickly...