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August'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… [2388 views in Aug]
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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… [2196 views in Aug]
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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… [1724 views in Aug]
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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… [1152 views in Aug]
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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… [676 views in Aug]
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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!’… [642 views in Aug]
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Latest Comments
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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 -
baffled
Re: Pear Trees
We planted a pear beurre hardy about four years ago. It was grafted on to quince A rootstock. Can the quince have taken over? The tree looks like a bush,…
19 July 2020 -
Zedela Montanya
Re: Why do we not hear about Winberries?
All those question marks in my previous message are meant to be emoticons of face licking lips. Don't think your website…
11 July 2020 -
Zedela Montanya
Re: Why do we not hear about Winberries?
My aunt used to go collecting whinberries high up on the Long Mynd in Shropshire. My RAsister and I sometimes went along…
11 July 2020 -
Eve73
Re: Growing Avocados
Hi, new on here. @pippa @Ian, I am trying to get an avocado tree, would gladly take any available.
11 July 2020 -
KittyJay451
Re: Growing Avocados
Posted something 2 years ago, unfortunately my 10 plants all grown from the stone, only 3 have survived. The three left are in pots in a sheltered…
5 July 2020 -
exsapper
Re: Common Problems When Growing Fruit
I am growing cantaloupe melons for the first time. I initially sowed two pots each of five varieties hoping to finish with…
4 July 2020 -
Kate
Re: Canning and Bottling Fruit
Just started bottling fruit after freezer filled up with fruit from two allotments!
4 July 2020 -
Bear
Re: Plum Trees
I have a friend with a plum tree that has a heavy crop of ripe fruit throughout June. This is obviously very early. It’s a dark blue plum, very sweet. Any…
30 June 2020 -
New Girl Cat
Re: Cherry Trees
Are any cherries poisonous? We have several cherry trees which have never produced significant fruit but this year enough to harvest. They are smallish…
28 June 2020
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