Richard Rollinson on Nostr: Decided to go out early today to do our annual #Wassailing in my small home apple ...

Decided to go out early today to do our annual #Wassailing in my small home apple orchard. It was 19⁰F (-7⁰C) and a big snow is forecast for later so we did it while we could. #BeetBear sits in the tree holding the "toast" while some scruffy old gardener is hogging all the cider.
“Here’s to thee, old apple-tree,
Whence thou may bud, and whence thou may blow,
And whence thou may bear apples enow
Hats full! caps full!
Bushel-sacks full,
& my pockets full, too, huzza!”
#gardening
#NewEngland