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Queen Bee
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2011
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- Location
- Somerset levels
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Used a water press for the first time this year. 60 litres of apples turned into 25 bottles which fit perfectly into my honey warmer from Lidl (jam maker) for pasteurising.I have wanted to do this for so long...
A couple of weeks ago I was offered the opportunity to pick some perry pears from a local orchard. There were two of us interested and we picked around 75kg of pears between us. This afternoon we took them to the premises of a local orchard group to crush them and then press them using a hydropress, which I've never used before. I can't deny that it was very impressive. You'd never think that just tap water pressure would extract so much juice.
In the end we split forty litres of juice between us. Now the interesting bit starts...
James