We all love fruit! How wonderful it is to have fruit trees in the garden. Not only do they provide delicious snacks, but they look attractive and provide shade. Our posts about growing fruit trees sustainable are below:
Top Tomato Varieties
How many tomato varieties are there? Probably thousands! If you're keen to enjoy the amazing flavours of home grown tomatoes this summer we've…
Summer Pruning of Apple Trees
Pruning fruit trees in summer results in less vigorous regrowth and maintains the trees’ general size and shape. When pruning apple trees, it is…
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Pepino – a Perennial Fruiting Shrub
Who doesn’t like easy fruit growing? Especially in these days of changing climates, we look for edible plants that can withstand extremes. So the…
Raspberries
If you can grow apples you can grow raspberries, and why wouldn’t you? The sweet juicy fruit is delectable when picked ripe and warm from the canes,…
Using Your Excess Lemons
There are two real loves in my life... gardening and food (I hope my partner and parents aren’t reading this!), and I am always chuffed when I am…
Blossom End Rot
Hi, my name is: Blossom End Rot Describe yourself: Firstly, let me just say that I am not a disease, a fungus, a virus or any of that! I am a…
Pomegranates
If you are after some fodder for your next pub trivia night, this factsheet on pomegranates has it in droves. One of the oldest cultivated fruit…
How to Grow Delicious Strawberries
Why Grow Your Own? Nothing compares to the taste of homegrown strawberries (Fragaria sp.) Those monsters you buy in punnets at the shops are…