Fruit Gardening
Below are our 12 articles in the 'fruit gardening' category:
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, so you needn’t abandon your ...
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.
Prevention is Better Than ...
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 and little cloches to enormous ...
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 relatively warm spot you should have ...
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 supermarkets. This is because ...
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 difficult to enjoy all the varieties that we might want to ...
Here’s a guide to growing fruit, month-by-month.
January
Plant raspberries, which will be in plentiful supply at your local garden centre. If you have the space, choose a couple of varieties ...
Commercially grown fruits are some of the most pesticide-ridden foods available in the supermarkets. Apples and strawberries in particular have more pesticides sprayed on them than most other fruits ...
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 certain types of soil, a sunny ...
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 them to grow in horizontal ...
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 the summer and you can tell ...
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 fruit from it too. ...
