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September'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… [2276 views in Sep]
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When to Harvest Fruit: If you grow your own fruit you will look forward to huge harvests of delicious fresh fruit. But how do you know when it’s ready? Most fruits are ready to harvest in… [2274 views in Sep]
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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… [1562 views in Sep]
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Canning and Bottling Fruit: The preservation of fruit by bottling or canning is a common way to manage large harvests and keep you in fruit throughout the winter months. The term… [1068 views in Sep]
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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… [1068 views in Sep]
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Using Up a Plum Glut: Lucky enough to have a plum tree in your garden? If you’re drowning in fresh plums and you can’t eat them fast enough to stay afloat, we’ve got some ideas for… [874 views in Sep]
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Latest Comments
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Re: How Do I Ensure Jars are Sealed Properly?
Pamy - Your Question:Why had some of my jard with pears in is frothingOur Response:This can happ
26 September 2017 -
Pamy
Re: How Do I Ensure Jars are Sealed Properly?
Why had some of my jard with pears in is frothing
25 September 2017 -
MikeU
Re: Apple Trees
@Net - The apple sawfly causes the ribbon like scars on the outside of the fruit. They are small wasp-like insects which lay their eggs on the blossoms.…
25 September 2017 -
Net
Re: Apple Trees
Please help. We bought two dwarf apple trees in spring 2017. Planted them in containers by a wall near the back door. We had heaps of blossom and lots…
24 September 2017 -
Joss
Re: Growing Avocados
@Nic - haha, it's always the way! Shelter it from frosts and you should be fine. The Kent weather is usually clement enough...but you at least…
18 September 2017 -
Astro
Re: Plum Trees
I have a beautiful plum tree that normally fruits in excess of 20lb of plums but last winter it blossomed in October/November even growing a couple of…
17 September 2017 -
Nic
Re: Growing Avocados
After being frustrated at failing to grow my avocado seeds indoors for a year,this summer I just put them outside in disgust, in dirt in pots.…
16 September 2017 -
Hele
Re: Plum Trees
@Jack - It could be brown rot. If so, the skin of the affected plums will have small grey raised bumps on it. The flesh inside the plum and beneath the…
15 September 2017 -
Melissa78
Re: Growing Avocados
@funkey - the compost obviously helped and it's on a mission to grow. Just make sure you protect it from cold weather and or any frosts. Are you…
14 September 2017 -
Jack
Re: Plum Trees
The fruit on my plum tree have brown scaley parts on them why is this?
14 September 2017
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