Tag: Fruit Trees
There’s something rather lovely about a pear tree in autumn. After spending spring covered in blossom and summer quietly getting on with the business of growing fruit, it…
There comes a point in autumn when pudding stops feeling optional. The evenings draw in, jumpers migrate back to the front of the wardrobe and the idea of…
Pears have a habit of testing our powers of observation. For what feels like an age, they sit in the fruit bowl resolutely firm. You check them on…
There is a particular sort of optimism involved in acquiring too many apples. Perhaps the tree in the garden has had an unusually enthusiastic year. Perhaps you went…
Fruit tree thinning is a time-honoured technique that gardeners have relied on to nurture healthier and more productive trees. At its core, it involves the careful removal of…