Wednesday, 5 May 2010

In about da kiwi fruit!!




So kiwis noo! gettin intae da way o it noo! its a lot harder dan apples physically the reason being that you pick everything you see! which means you arms are just goin da whole time. da only thing i can really compare it tae is wan o yun mounted bunch balls whar you just bunch it fir ages. except you do that kinda motion all day. the trees grow like vines so der all supported on strainers an wires up tae aboout the height o me. they grow like a canopy so all the fruits on the inside an you go underneath an pluck it aff. its good cause ders nae frappin we ladders as its all at da same height. an the ither good thing is you dunna hiv tae select fruit you just pick it aa. the bad things are dat some o da trees are peerier dan me so i hiv tae kinda squat an crouch tae get under them. when you start wi dat you ken its gonna be a bad day. maist o dem are at an ok height though. physically its horrendous. tae keep goin at speed is really hard for the whole day. my body s achin. plus you hiv tae pick mare cause da fruit is peerie an you get less for each bin. i think its no so good fir makin money. apples was easier tae mak money i think. should hiv a few weeks o this. i ve pitten some photos on but fogot tae tak photos o da inside o da trees whar the kiwis ir! ill get some shots o that.
The best thing is gitten tae drive my tractor. actually the best thing, an the thing ill remember most is lucnh time. no fir the reason o eatin! but the location is awesome. just sittin doon, nackered eatin lunch somewhar in a field o kiwis, the sun shinin feelin da warmth, wi nithin but peerie birds tweetin an comin in aboot you is wan o the best things ever. i love it.

the pics are of the rows, my tractor and a couple of tractors from the fleet!

1 comment:

  1. Uncle Dave wid be fairly prood o da fact dat du's an antique tractor driver. Great bloggin, miss dee loads, an chuffed dat du is a pickin legend

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