Fruit Gardening...
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Common Problems When Growing Fruit
While growing fruit is relatively trouble-free, there are some common problems you may face when planting and growing the fruit. Every problem has a solution, however,...
Controlling Pests and Weeds
Growing your own fruit is relatively hassle free. But there are some precautions you should take to ensure your crop is not attacked by pests or overpowered by weeds....
Cottage Garden Fruits
Once commonly found in cottage gardens and orchards through Britain blackthorn bushes, crab apple trees and quince trees are now rarely cultivated. Blackthorn is...
Fruit Growing Products
There are many products available for the home grower to make growing your own fruit even easier. These range from small lean-to greenhouses to large-scale polytunnels...
Growing and Using Figs
Originally from Asia, figs flourish on the hot dry Mediterranean shores so you might think that it wouldn’t be possible to grow them successfully in the UK - but...
Growing and Using Tomatoes
Few things say ‘summer’ more deliciously than a warm freshly-picked tomato straight from the bush.
Tomatoes are one of the most popular fruits with...
Growing Gooseberries
Gooseberries are a gardener’s friend. Even a neglectful gardener with little time or effort to lavish can be assured of a reasonable crop of gooseberries. And, of...
Growing Grapes
Growing Grapes In The Garden
Growing grapes in your garden is as easy as growing any other type of soft fruit. As long as you have a south-facing garden in a...
Growing Strawberries
Growing Strawberries
Strawberries are easy to grow and are a very rewarding too. Often you will find just one variety of strawberry, ‘Elsanta’, is available to buy in...
How To Effectively Grow Fruit In Pots, Hanging Baskets & Containers
There’s nothing to rival the taste of fruit which you’ve grown yourself, but for many of us garden space can be a bit limited, making it...
Month By Month Fruit Growing Calendar
Here’s a guide to growing fruit, month-by-month.
January
Plant raspberries, which will be in plentiful supply at your local garden centre....
Organic Gardening
Commercially grown fruits are some of the most pesticide-ridden foods available in the supermarkets. Apples and strawberries in particular have more pesticides sprayed...
Planning an Orchard Garden
Across Europe, for many years, orchards have been grubbed up or concreted over to make way for housing, roads or more intensive forms of cultivation. Recently...
Planting Tips
If you want to get a start growing fruit in your garden you’ll need to provide the plants with the right conditions. Some plants and trees can be quite fussy, requiring...
Pruning Your Fruit Trees and Bushes
Pruning is an essential part of the maintenance of your fruit tree or bush. It encourages the plants to focus their energies on producing fruit and means you can train...
Tree Dressing: Traditions, Myths and Modern Practices
World-wide, tree dressing is an activity that links communities to ancient sources of power, food and shelter. Today it’s also a winter event...
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...
Where to Grow Your Fruit
Growing your own fruit is rewarding and good for you. Not only do you get the opportunity to care for and nurture your own crop, but you get to eat tasty, vitamin-packed...
