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Continue reading →: Fruit Thinning: Essential Tips for a healthier CropJune drop is almost over for us now. I say “for us” because in the UK this varies wildly. Hopefully, your fruit has set too much! You may be wondering whether you should thin out your hard earned fruit crop. My gut feeling is yes, you probably should. Are we…
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Continue reading →: Tips for Planting and Caring for Wild StrawberriesSo you want to grow wild strawberries (Fragaria vesca) in your garden. The chance to step out of your back door and pick a few of these small but packed full of flavour berries. You cannot buy the berries in the supermarket, so what a great addition to your fruit…
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Continue reading →: New views!So, it’s been a while since I have written a blog post. We’ve been moving house. We’ve completely moved from the area we were in and so far we’re loving it. My commute to work is much shorter, it’s now 14 miles each way rather than 45 miles each way!…
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Continue reading →: Planting your fruit treeSo, you have chosen your fruit tree. You excitedly drive it home or receive it in the post. Then what? It seems simple, just dig a hole and stick it in but… You are right, it is simple but I have a few more tips for you. If you can’t…
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Continue reading →: Early season apples and why a full season is betterJust a few thoughts whilst pruning a single season early apple crop last week. The farmer wanted to have a crop to harvest in one go. He’s a mixed arable farmer so fruit is not high on his agenda and he’s very busy. This orchard is a small piece of…
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Paula
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