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Continue reading →: Which fruit tree should I buy?So, you want to buy a fruit tree. You look online, in a catalogue, at a garden centre, or even a supermarket nowadays. You are met with a whole host of varieties…that’s possibly the easiest part. You read the labels and you are met with rootstock type, if you’re lucky…
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Continue reading →: Our orchard and veg garden featured on Gardeners World!
Something exciting happened! We were asked if the Veg garden and Orchard at Le Manoir aux quat’saisons would like to feature on Gardeners world. Well, yes, yes they would!! It was for the Mary Berry winter special. Mary Berry had specifically asked for the orchard to feature and the veg…
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Continue reading →: Why you should plant fruit treesThere are lots of benefits gained from growing your own fruit trees. As it’s the perfect time to buy your new bare root trees. I thought I would talk about why you should plant some. Now I just want to quickly mention that when I speak about orchards, it doesn’t…
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Continue reading →: MistletoeIn the next village to ours there is a lovely small cafe selling hot drinks, baked goods, hot lunches, local produce and interesting gifts. It’s tiny, so tiny it has no seats inside, a few small tables outside and used to be our post office. Fridays are particularly good here…
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Continue reading →: Autumnal wildlife gems in the orchardI conducted an autumn assessment on the trees a week or so ago. Just trying to figure out what’s going on within each tree and come up with a bit of a plan going forward. Whilst it was only the pears going into dormancy, the apples had the odd curled…
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