TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 15hThe phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words" comes to mind. In terms of BeauVista orchard it's very true now in Spring. 'nough said. #phrase #advertising 120 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Nine weeks ago I did some simple whip grafting this Spring. This is of a wild pear rootstock ( Mt Biggs 2) supplied by a friend Eric Cairns. Now the vegetative buds are starting to swell and will produce leaves soon. Grafted on to Beurre Hardy. #grafting #pear 040 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Apple blossoms develop in clusters of ~6 buds and in the centre is the "king" bud. It develops as the terminal bud on the branch. It is the largest and is the first to open, usually blooming 48 to 72 hours before the others. This is Tom Putt the first to blossom in our orchard #apples #blossom 1242 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Close up of an espalier apple at our local orchard roadside store in Wairarapa Aotearoa NZ close to the cidery. It’s Spring now and the buds are bursting, especially with the warmth from the shed wall behind. #apple #espallier 0121 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The road over the Remutuka ranges to the Wairarapa and the orchard and cidery. The Wairarapa valley is an alluvial plain between the high Tararua ranges to the north of here and the lower eastern hills in the distance. Photo courtesy of Alan Benge. #wairarapa #Aotearoa #NewZealand 120 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yesterday we have a Peruvian group from Trujillo, a northern city, members of Friendship Force visiting us at the orchard and cidery. The weather was glorious and the blossoms on the perry pear trees perfect. #perry #pears #FriendshipForce #orchard #cidery #cider #apples 120 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cold start! Clear skies overnight now a frost and fog patches It is late in the season the pear blossoms have finished and apple blossom is starting. The bluebells caught it! It will be a glorious day when the sun comes up 😊 we have a group of Chilean visitors coming to the orchard and cidery today 020 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We welcome "Suprise" to the orchard this week We keep a flock of Shropshire sheep to keep the grass sward of the apple orchard in trim. Earlier this year one of the 3 year olds decided to visit our neighbour's field for a day, where unknown to us there was a ram. Well you know the rest of the story! 230 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Move over perry pears it's now the turn of the cider apples. Our very first apple blossom. A big difference is seen. The perry pears bloomed before the leaves appeared the apples bloom at the same time as the leaves emerge. #apple #blossom 032 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Perry pear blossom at petal fall. Well blown off in our strong equinoctial winds! The naked structure reveals the nectar cup of the fused sepals which will become the calyx of the fruit. #pear #blossoms #nectar 061 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Foggy start to the day at the orchard here in Wairarapa New Zealand. Then it burnt off by 9am as the sun came up, leaving just a little low lying fog in the lee the foothills, beautiful but cold day. Still a little snow on the high Tararua ranges. #Springtime #orchard #Wairarapa #Aotearoa 040 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Peak perry pear blossom time for our main variety. Great to be growing these as standards as a late frost has affected some nearby bush orchards. I fear we are in for a bumpy ride with El Niño and the current negative Pacific decadal oscillation affecting our weather. #perry #pear #weather #EINino 051 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Beswick Babycham figurine is a vintage ceramic advertising piece of the iconic leaping chamois deer with a signature blue bow. Produced during the 1960s and 1970s Now highly sought after by collectors as quite rare as the delicate legs or blue bow break off. #babycham #Beswick #breweriana 150 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is an iconic New Zealand song Standing on Shaky Ground performed by the Kiwi band D-Faction in 1991. Last night it was literal for us. A sizeable shake 4.2 right under our feet at TeePee Cidery; that will have knocked off a few petals off the blossom! #earthquake #Wairarapa 030 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This perry tree at TeePee Cider in Wairarapa New Zealand is 6 years old post grafting. Sadly it developed fireblight on its leader 3 years ago and needed radical pruning but survived. Looks good now with plenty of blossom going on! Waiting for a good crop of perry pears. 081 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 17/09/2026TGIF joke time Friday and the end of a week. Time for a laugh. Eve couldn't use that excuse here in Aotearoa though ® #joke #TGIF 000 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Spring is officially here for us as cider orchardists. The apple buds are creaking open. This is Tom Putt our earliest variety. Hailing from Devon it's a mixed use apple. It ripens the first too, we use it to start the wild fermentation in Autumn. #Spring #apples #cider #orchard #Wairarapa 071 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A lovely bit of perry memorabilia arrive today. A Babycham mirror. It will be installed in the cidery. A nod to Francis Showering who brought perry into the wider public awareness with Babycham. #cider #perry #showerings #mirror 030 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Great to hear a Ruru or morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae calling last night in the orchard. Sadly very little moonlight so I couldn't see it in the big Old Man Pine but it called repeatedly for 30 mins. Hope it finds a mate. Under pressure from introduced pests. Our only native owl now #morepork #ruru 021 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It's Spring in New Zealand and the perry pears in the orchard are about to burst open into blossom. A time of rapid change and promise. #pear #Spring #blossom 041 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Pruning. It's right at the end of the season but the ground has been so wet. When growing apples and pears as standards you need a firm base when using the pruning saw up a ladder that high. Some cuts are chain saw large. #pruning #pears #apples #orchard 071 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Tracking the effect of Spring in photos with warm longer days on the perry pear trees Another week on and the first blossoms are now full. 3 weeks from the first signs of bud growth Great to see the orchard waking up from its Winter slumbers. Next the later pears then the apples #pear #perry #Spring 011 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Pears in art This engraving is the title piece of a lovely book "Les clients d'un vieux Poirier" or The Population of an old Pear-tree; (or Stories of insect life) by Ernest Jean van Bruyssel, 1827-1914 Published 1870 Translated from the French by Charlotte M Yonge 1823-1901 #art #engraving #pears 1131 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Today's post on Swiss Neolithic farmers eating pear is too long for Bluesky. It’s worth having a look on Instagram, Facebook or Reddit. 🙋♂️ 000 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 26/08/2026End of winter is coming very soon The pear and apple orchard looks bare. The buds are mainly dormant for now but the next few weeks will see a big change. The grass has been eaten down by the Shropshire sheep Spring plants are in bloom. Grape hyacinths and bluebells are just starting #orchard #pears 010 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 25/08/2026What a week of warmish temperatures make. Last week we were at the silver tip/early swollen bud stage. Now we are at bud burst with a glimpse of pink on the furled petals showing. #pears #Spring #budburst 041 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Enjoying our stories on cider and perry here? Are you a Redditor? Did you know there is a dedicated perry site on Reddit, r/perry_pearcider? You would be most welcome to join it. Daily posts. 😊 020 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Dec 17th 1662 is not a date usually associated with champagne but this was the day Dr Christopher Merritt presented his paper to the Royal Society in London on making the still white wine from the Champagne region fizzy 2 weeks after a paper on sugar in cider #cider #champagne #Merritt #RoyalSociety 153 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The Chinese believe the pear symbolises immortality and it is a popular gift to leave at family shrines. It has been chronicled in Chinese writings and art for over a thousand years. #art #pear 1112 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Great to see our earliest pear tree is showing signs of stirring for Spring yesterday The tough protective winter outer scales are beginning to separate and push apart. This called the silver tip or stage 2 of fruit bud development, coming directly after full winter dormancy #pear #Spring #budburst 020 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson #pears #quote #literary 030 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 14/08/2026An espaliered pear tree against a brick wall at Fairgreen Farm in the Cotswolds, UK space-saving horticulture technique was highly valued in England gardens on South facing walls as the sun’s heat was trapped by the brick and brings on the fruit early. #espalier #pears 3274 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 11/08/2026In French, la poire is the sweet, edible fruit - the pear), while le poiré is the alcoholic beverage made from fermented perry pears, similar to how cider (le cidre) is made. A perry pear is called a poire à poiré, and the trees that grow them are called poiriers à poiré. #apples #pears #french 1164 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 10/08/2026A photo of a pair of pears I pared. #homophone 030 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It might feel cold in Wairarapa recently with the polar blast but check out these icicles from a Hawke Bay Orchard in Flaxmere this morning! Looks like a winter wonderland! 😊 It's called frost irrigation and contrary to its looks it is an active protection system for delicate buds! Photo Andre Kupa 030 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The cold sunny days at the orchard have brought out the daffodils in the orchard's grass These are Tete a Tete. Cheers up the view in winter when the trees are bare. Daffodils are poisonous to sheep But this naughty one loves wriggling though the fences! #daffodils #sheep #orchard 020 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A cold start to the day. A polar blast has reached New Zealand The culprit is the current negative SAM (Southern Annular Mode) pushing cold polar air north The Remutuka pass, the route to the orchard closed from snow on the Remutuka ranges, the southern extension of the Tararua ranges behind us. 030 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The chill continues today at Beau Vista orchard in Wairarapa, so I thought I would post some more pictures. Photogenic but think of those apple and pear buds. Even with those scales the living tissues must be cold! #winter #ice #bud 120 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 26/07/2026It's a cold frosty start today N Z is in the grip of a cold snap due to a freezing polar air blast from the Southern Ocean, and a high-pressure ridge making clear skies Makes for crunchy grass in the orchard and great photos. As always I am grateful for nature setting the bloom and killing the bugs 180 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Another week of wet cold weather at the orchard. Oddly the winter has not been as cold as normal for winter in the Wairarapa NZ. So far only a few days or snow on the Tararua ranges above us. Some bulbs like daffodils have responded to this and are flowering early. The crocuses are over #daffodils 040 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 24/07/2026During 1960s, Showerings promotional campaigns for Babycham This long stickpin fawn was given away in pubs, and mail in It is made from gold-tone metal with a textured fur finish a blue enamel on the oversized bow tied around the neck. Targeting women, on a long, slender stickpin it is a hat pin . 020 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Although the pear trees (our first fruit trees to blossom) will still be dormant for 2 months more it great to see the bumblebees are stirring on sunny winter days. We keep a variety of plants and shrubs that are early flowering to help maintain their population in the orchard. #bumblebees #orchard 020 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Last week this orchard was underwater from flooding. The ground is still sodden and it continues to rain however these snowdrops seem happy. A great display this year. #snowdrops. #orchard 120 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Early morning fog over the Wairarapa valley lifting. Another glorious sunny day. The cold nights are good for the apple and pear trees but with a super El Nino forming we are expecting a dry winter - not so good. Is it affecting us already? It’s been unusually dry to date. #wairarapa #weather| 040 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Which one of you Dollies keep escaping? Who's the guilty one? And why? You have plenty of grass, water and shelter in the orchard. #sheep #orchard #cider #apples 040 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 12/06/2026If you are a follower of mine or cider making on social media; and a Reddit person, then please join r/perry_pearcider the only site on Reddit dedicated to perry 😊. There are also other subreddits on cider making, apples & pomme fruits. 031 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 11/06/2026This was the first perry pear tree we have. Back in 2014 we collected scion wood from a perry pear at Waitahuna. It is now a large prolific tree producing us a SV single tree perry. And we have now grafted on to other trees that are starting to to produce. #grafting #scion #perry #pear 020 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Perry like cider can be made still, or method traditional. This doseage machine makes getting a consistent fill levels in the bottles easy with the gravity fed reservoir bottle, after disgorging the lees This machine is Spanish and based on a classic design from Épernay. #perry #doseage 030 0
TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 29/05/2026If you are after an academic view of cider making it’s hard to go past this book. Published 2003. The chapter on cider is written appropriately by Andrew Lea as well as him being joint editor. Although 20 years old now there is little out of date. Mine is well thumbed! #cider #cidermaking #books 020 0
