Pruning fruit trees
Everything you need to know about pruning stone and pip fruit trees: equipment, technique, tree shapes, and the golden rules.
Everything you need to know about pruning stone and pip fruit trees: equipment, technique, tree shapes, and the golden rules.
As the weather turns cooler, there’s still a few jobs to keep you busy in the garden.
Now autumn is in full swing, it’s time to start preparing your winter gardens and putting some care into your fruit trees.
Not sure what needs doing in your garden this month? I’ve got you covered.
This Father’s Day, I’m looking at the values I gained as my father’s daughter.
Organic farmers know comfrey as a ‘dynamic accumulator’ – bringing deeply buried nutrients to the surface to feed my fruit trees.
You’ve finally got a place to plant fruit trees—but there’s dozens at the garden centre! Which one do you buy?
The best use for an apple harvest, in my opinion. A simple, reliable crumble that never disappoints.
Three of our heritage apple trees produced small harvests this year.
Time marches on and if you’re patient enough, it delights you.
3 years ago I wrote about my frustration at my new garden. Today, it is my happy place.
I spent my 40th birthday buying and planting trees. 16 year old me would be horrified.
An update on the patch of bananas we planted back in December 2019.
How our neglected and overgrown orchard gained redemption.