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How to Plant a Bare-Root Fruit Tree in Winter

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Essential Pruning Cuts for Young Apple Trees

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Building a Wildlife-Friendly Orchard with Native Hedgerows

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Recognising Common Apple Tree Diseases in the UK

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Improving Clay Soil for Fruit Tree Planting

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Harvesting Apples at the Right Ripeness

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Making Traditional Apple Chutney from Windfalls

Posted On September 28, 2018 - Fashion

Training Apples as Espaliers Along a Garden Wall

Posted On September 28, 2018 - Fashion

Choosing Pear Varieties for UK Gardens and Allotments

Creating a Small Backyard Orchard in Containers

Controlling Aphids on Fruit Trees Without Chemicals

Mulching Fruit Trees to Retain Moisture and Suppress Weeds

Storing Apples and Pears Through the Winter Months

Planting a Mixed Fruit Hedge for Small Spaces

Pruning Plums and Cherries to Avoid Silver Leaf

Making Apple Juice and Cider at Home

Understanding Rootstocks for Dwarf Fruit Trees

Companion Planting in the Orchard for Healthier Trees

Dealing with Codling Moth in Apple Crops

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Renovating an Old Neglected Apple Tree

Choosing the Best Spot for an Orchard

Feeding Fruit Trees with Organic Fertilisers

Preserving Pears in Syrup and Chutney

Choosing the Right Apple Tree for a Small Garden

How to Plant a Bare-Root Fruit Tree in Winter

Essential Pruning Cuts for Young Apple Trees

Building a Wildlife-Friendly Orchard with Native Hedgerows

Recognising Common Apple Tree Diseases in the UK

Improving Clay Soil for Fruit Tree Planting

Harvesting Apples at the Right Ripeness

Making Traditional Apple Chutney from Windfalls

Training Apples as Espaliers Along a Garden Wall

Choosing Pear Varieties for UK Gardens and Allotments

Creating a Small Backyard Orchard in Containers

Controlling Aphids on Fruit Trees Without Chemicals

Mulching Fruit Trees to Retain Moisture and Suppress Weeds

Storing Apples and Pears Through the Winter Months

Planting a Mixed Fruit Hedge for Small Spaces

Pruning Plums and Cherries to Avoid Silver Leaf

Making Apple Juice and Cider at Home

Understanding Rootstocks for Dwarf Fruit Trees

Companion Planting in the Orchard for Healthier Trees

Dealing with Codling Moth in Apple Crops

Renovating an Old Neglected Apple Tree

Choosing the Best Spot for an Orchard

Feeding Fruit Trees with Organic Fertilisers

Preserving Pears in Syrup and Chutney

Choosing the Right Apple Tree for a Small Garden

How to Plant a Bare-Root Fruit Tree in Winter

Essential Pruning Cuts for Young Apple Trees

Building a Wildlife-Friendly Orchard with Native Hedgerows

Recognising Common Apple Tree Diseases in the UK

Improving Clay Soil for Fruit Tree Planting

Harvesting Apples at the Right Ripeness

Making Traditional Apple Chutney from Windfalls

Training Apples as Espaliers Along a Garden Wall

Choosing Pear Varieties for UK Gardens and Allotments

Creating a Small Backyard Orchard in Containers

Controlling Aphids on Fruit Trees Without Chemicals

Mulching Fruit Trees to Retain Moisture and Suppress Weeds

Storing Apples and Pears Through the Winter Months

Planting a Mixed Fruit Hedge for Small Spaces

Pruning Plums and Cherries to Avoid Silver Leaf

Making Apple Juice and Cider at Home

Understanding Rootstocks for Dwarf Fruit Trees

Companion Planting in the Orchard for Healthier Trees

Dealing with Codling Moth in Apple Crops

Renovating an Old Neglected Apple Tree

Choosing the Best Spot for an Orchard

Feeding Fruit Trees with Organic Fertilisers

Preserving Pears in Syrup and Chutney

Choosing the Right Apple Tree for a Small Garden

How to Plant a Bare-Root Fruit Tree in Winter

Essential Pruning Cuts for Young Apple Trees

Building a Wildlife-Friendly Orchard with Native Hedgerows

Recognising Common Apple Tree Diseases in the UK

Improving Clay Soil for Fruit Tree Planting

Harvesting Apples at the Right Ripeness

Making Traditional Apple Chutney from Windfalls

Training Apples as Espaliers Along a Garden Wall

Choosing Pear Varieties for UK Gardens and Allotments

Creating a Small Backyard Orchard in Containers

Controlling Aphids on Fruit Trees Without Chemicals

Mulching Fruit Trees to Retain Moisture and Suppress Weeds

Storing Apples and Pears Through the Winter Months

Planting a Mixed Fruit Hedge for Small Spaces

Pruning Plums and Cherries to Avoid Silver Leaf

Making Apple Juice and Cider at Home

Understanding Rootstocks for Dwarf Fruit Trees

Companion Planting in the Orchard for Healthier Trees

Dealing with Codling Moth in Apple Crops

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Renovating an Old Neglected Apple Tree

Learn how rootstock, pollination group and disease resistance affect apple tree choice for compact British gardens and allotments.

Choosing the Best Spot for an Orchard

Step-by-step guidance on preparing the planting hole, supporting the trunk and watering newly planted bare-root trees during cold dormant months.

Feeding Fruit Trees with Organic Fertilisers

Understand the difference between heading and thinning cuts, and when to remove competing branches to shape a healthy young apple tree.

Preserving Pears in Syrup and Chutney

Discover how mixed native hedges support pollinators, birds and pest predators while sheltering fruit trees from strong winds and frost.

Choosing the Right Apple Tree for a Small Garden

Identify canker, scab, mildew and brown rot by their symptoms, and learn cultural controls that reduce disease pressure without harsh chemicals.

How to Plant a Bare-Root Fruit Tree in Winter

Practical methods for breaking up heavy clay, adding organic matter and improving drainage before planting apples, pears and plums.

Essential Pruning Cuts for Young Apple Trees

Learn how to test apples for readiness by colour, firmness and seed colour, and pick fruit without bruising or damaging spurs.

Building a Wildlife-Friendly Orchard with Native Hedgerows

Use up bruised and windfall apples in a spiced chutney with onions, vinegar and brown sugar, perfect for cheese and cold meats.

Recognising Common Apple Tree Diseases in the UK

Create productive space-saving apple trees by selecting lateral shoots, tying them to wires and pruning regularly through the growing season.

Improving Clay Soil for Fruit Tree Planting

Compare dessert and culinary pears, including reliable self-fertile options and varieties suited to cooler northern regions and exposed sites.

Harvesting Apples at the Right Ripeness

Grow compact fruit trees on patios and balconies by choosing dwarf rootstocks, large pots and careful watering and feeding routines.

Making Traditional Apple Chutney from Windfalls

Encourage ladybirds and lacewings, use water sprays and tolerate small colonies to keep aphid populations below damaging levels.

Training Apples as Espaliers Along a Garden Wall

Apply well-rotted manure or bark mulch around trees, keeping it clear of the trunk, to improve soil and reduce competition.

Choosing Pear Varieties for UK Gardens and Allotments

Check fruit for blemishes, wrap individually in newspaper and keep in a cool dark place to extend your harvest.

Creating a Small Backyard Orchard in Containers

Combine hazel, blackthorn, damson and crab apple to create a productive boundary that offers blossom, fruit and wildlife habitat.

Controlling Aphids on Fruit Trees Without Chemicals

Time pruning for late spring or summer, when spores are less active, and avoid large cuts that leave trees vulnerable to infection.

Mulching Fruit Trees to Retain Moisture and Suppress Weeds

Explore pressing, pasteurising and fermenting methods for using a surplus apple crop, with tips on hygiene and bottling safely.

Storing Apples and Pears Through the Winter Months

Learn how rootstock choice controls tree size, vigour, cropping age and support needs for apples, pears, plums and cherries.

Planting a Mixed Fruit Hedge for Small Spaces

Use comfrey, chives, nasturtiums and clover to attract beneficial insects, fix nitrogen and suppress weeds beneath fruit trees.

Pruning Plums and Cherries to Avoid Silver Leaf

Monitor with pheromone traps, remove infested fruit and encourage birds and parasitic wasps to reduce codling moth damage naturally.

Making Apple Juice and Cider at Home

Restore overgrown trees gradually over several seasons by removing dead wood, opening the centre and reducing crowded branches.

Understanding Rootstocks for Dwarf Fruit Trees

Assess sunlight, shelter, frost pockets, drainage and access before planting fruit trees to give them the best possible start.

Companion Planting in the Orchard for Healthier Trees