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Continue reading →: Installing bird boxes in the orchard for pest controlA very exciting thing happened in the orchard a few weeks ago. We installed our first bird boxes which just happened to be a world wildlife day…a happy coincidence! So why would we actively encourage something that is classed as a pest in our orchard??? We installed our first blue…
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Continue reading →: Essential Winter Orchard Tasks for Fruit TreesI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. One of the best things about working with fruit trees is you get to see all four seasons. It’s one of the many things I love about my job. The landscape changes, the trees change and the wildlife changes and we…
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Continue reading →: Chill Hours: How They Impact Your Fruit TreesSo, chill hours. What are they? How many chill hours do your fruit trees need? Do chill hours affect any other fruit? Here are my thoughts. What are chill hours? Chill hours are a very important part of fruit growing, a necessity actually! A chill hour is roughly an hour…
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Continue reading →: Top 10 Stone Fruit Varieties for UK GardensI was very lucky. I was asked if I would like to contribute ten of my top stone fruit varieties. I was then featured in the August edition of The English garden magazine. I said yes of course and thought it would be good to go through my choices on…
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Continue reading →: Reflections on a Busy November in the OrchardI haven’t written a blog post for a while. This is down to general busyness. It’s been harvest time which is obviously very busy. Getting in the fruit, juggling pests and disease and working alongside the weather. I have other duties at work too which take a lot of time.…
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