Mason Bee update
With spring well advanced, and the days are sometimes getting warmer. The Mason bees should be starting to get lively.
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Category: Fruit and Nut growing experiences
Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)
How deep should I plant a grafted tree ?
It is surprising, but I get asked this question quite a lot. I think I can understand why, when you
Continue readingRabbit ring fence around orchard – missed a bit
I thought I had managed to ring fence my orchard against rabbits. But I was always a bit suspicious when
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Very unusual to see this in the orchard or garden
Here we have a crab apple that has fallen during the winter. Amazingly it was not eaten by the
Continue readingFinally done it this year – Just bought some Red Mason bee cocoons
Over the coming year, hopefully I will blogging more details of my experiences of Red Mason bees (Osmia Rufa). Should
Continue readingGrafting Stone Fruit during the winter
I have no problems in grafting stone fruit (plums, apricots, peaches, almonds, nectarines etc) during the winter. As long as
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Not many people have seen these type of nuts – Known as Heartnuts (Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformis)
A deciduous tree growing to 20 m (65ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a medium rate. It is hardy to
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The ultimate Rabbit Ring Fencing of Orchard
Its one of them jobs that I wish I had done, before I had laid out our orchard over 20
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I thought I was covered this winter ??
Right – I have the rabbit guards on all the trees, I have mouse bait in feeders, I have squirrel
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Christmas frost on apple tree’s – Lovely winter picture
A customers request to come have a look at her Christmas frost on her new apple trees. What a lovely
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