How to grow autumn-fruiting (primocane) raspberries
Sweet and tangy autumn-fruiting raspberries are easy to grow in your garden, allotment or even patio containers. Simple to prune and producing a crop from …
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How to grow summer-fruiting (floricane) raspberries
Summer-fruiting raspberries are easy to grow in gardens, allotments or even patio containers. They produce berries from June, and just a few plants can …
Bare-rooted Fruit and Nut Trees
Traditionally most trees, including fruit and nut, were sold bare-rooted. It’s only our relatively new desire to plant all year round that has led to the …
Soft Fruit Means Strawberry Gin!
Remember that cool spell of weather we endured in May/early June? Not welcome at all and certainly stunted the growth of many young plants. But now we are …
Mulberry Bush Charlotte Russe
“Here we go round the Mulberry Bush” is a nursery rhyme, a singing game and a film. Yet the bush also has strong royal connections, dating back to James 1. …
Back by Popular Demand – Apple Redlove
It can’t be often that an apple make the news but then Redlove is more than just an apple. Working with from Lubera, the Swiss nursery that developed this …
Raspberries: What to grow, When to pick & Making Gin
Few things taste better than a ripe raspberry picked on a warm day and eaten from the hand. To my mind strawberries are great but raspberries are better. They …
1 tree that grows 5 dessert apples – Introducing Gourmet Fruit Trees
The term “family tree” usually brings to mind thoughts of ancestry and possible skeletons in the cupboard yet it also applies to a range of really exciting …
21st October = Apple Day!
Apple trees originated in the Middle East over 4,000 years ago and have been cultivated in the UK since roman times. So why have we only been celebrating Apple …
Going Nuts about Trees
Nut trees deserve a place in our gardens just as much as other fruit trees yet they seem to be pretty sparse with no apparent reason. They are attractive, can …