Pruning Fruit Trees

Fruit laden trees are a welcome sight in any garden. Pruning your fruit tree is one sure way to keep it healthy, looking great and producing an excellent yeild, year after year. [...]

Potash for healthy growth

The importance of Potash in plant growth in your garden. Encourage larger, more colourful flowers and healthier and tastier fruit! [...]

Tomato Blight - How to prevent

Tomato Blight is becoming increasingly common in the allotment garden, how do we prevent it from effecting our tomatoes and potatoes? [...]

Soft Fruits – Autumn Planting

BlueberriesAutumn is a great time to plant soft fruits to get earlier crops for the next year or two. Here are a few suggestions of varieties to try, even if you are limited on space. [...]

Growing a fig tree in the UK

Fig: Brown TurkeyFor the past five years, I have been caring for a wonderful fig tree (Brown Turkey) in my south-westerly facing courtyard garden in a 12inch pot. [...]

Fruit Cages

Fruit CageI saw fruit cages on an episode of Gardeners World and decided it would be the perfect solution for my plot. [...]

Flowering Cherry

Prunus Accolade - Flowering CherryThe fast growing Japonese flowering cherry – one of the most spectacular and hardy ornamental fruit trees. [...]