Topaz likes to get up into the apple tree. All the girls have at some stage got into the apple tree but they sit on the lower branches. Topaz likes climb up into the flimsy higher branches so she can eat the leaves. Dotty waits underneath in case any leaves come down.
Topaz likes to get up into the apple tree
Topaz
Topaz just about to jump down from the apple tree
When I tried to get a close up she decided to jump down.
A few days ago she was on a flimsy branch and it broke but she just flew down.
This is her new favourite past time at the moment.
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How well will the apple tree cope with having no leaves?
It will only lose a few lower leaves but no bees get through the weld mesh so it no longer has apples. It has become more of a structure of interest for the run and the girls. They have done their best to strip the leaves from everything they can reach despite me giving them greens each day.