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October's Most Popular Articles...
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Growing Avocados: While avocados are a tropical fruit more suited to the humid regions of Mexico and Central America, it doesn’t mean they can not be grown successfully in the UK. The trees… [1408 views in Oct]
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Fun Fruit Quiz: Test your knowledge of all things fruity with our fun fruit fact quiz. Interesting and curious facts about fruit combined to make you say, ‘Really? I didn’t know that!’… [374 views in Oct]
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Why do we not hear about Winberries?: The first part of your question is a lot easier to answer than the second – if you’re looking to harvest some wild winberries, then I’m afraid… [350 views in Oct]
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Orange Trees: Orange trees originally come from China but have been grown in Europe and North America for over 100 years. Orange trees are now grown all over the world for their delicious… [270 views in Oct]
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How to Make Fruit Liqueurs: Some of our favourite liqueurs are fruit-based. Just think of Cointreau (orange), crème de cassis (blackcurrant) and cherry brandy. The good news is that… [126 views in Oct]
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The Health Benefits of Eating Fruit: It is no secret that eating fruit is good for you and has plenty of health benefits – but what are they? Generally, people who eat more fruit as… [110 views in Oct]
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Latest Comments
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Eddyj
Re: Why do we not hear about Winberries?
Winberry and apple, or winberry and mint tart. Yum!! Sadly our local patch has been cleared to make way for cycle paths,…
19 September 2020 -
tapan
Re: How to Make Fruit Liqueurs
this is - 15 Sep 2020 there is a lot of stuff one here which is quite out of date, I have been making wines of many fruits for…
15 September 2020 -
sage
Re: Growing Avocados
I`ve grown two from stones three years ago. One went outside when big enough as an experiment and it struggled for a year but survived. It now has…
11 September 2020 -
Net
Re: Why do we not hear about Winberries?
My gran from Clun in Shropshire used to make lovely whimberry pies. They tasted and looked so exotic. We picked them and…
6 September 2020 -
Uzi
Re: Why do we not hear about Winberries?
I live in the USA but am a Welsh boy. I was looking for a way to send some whimberries to my Dad who still lives in…
27 August 2020 -
Mrs cls
Re: Why do we not hear about Winberries?
I would love to taste wimberry tart/pie again - we used to get them when we lived near Manchester. My mum made lovely…
23 August 2020 -
Jen
Re: Plum Trees
My Victoria plum tree was overflowing with plums last year but hardly any this year. Is that normal?
17 August 2020 -
Adrian Popa
Re: Cherry Trees
Hello, I bought two months ago a small duo cherry tree stella&Moreno and I saw when there are small leaves, after a while are dead. Why? Thank you
11 August 2020 -
George
Re: Espalier Pear Tree Losing Fruit: What is the Cause?
Espalier tree bought already trained. I am about to put a trellis for it to grow. But need to stop…
10 August 2020 -
Any old iron
Re: Pear Trees
To get better pears how many pears should you keep on one branch,do i take the smallest pears off so the two remaining grow better.
21 July 2020
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