NT Parke, Devon
This National Trust place, is very picturesque. There is no real ‘property’ to look around, its more for the walks
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NT Killerton, Devon – October 2014
National Trust Killerton, Devon is one of their flagship properties. There are some very ancient Sweet Chestnuts (Castenea), producing a
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NT Greenway, Devon – Agatha Christie wrote here,
NT Greenway, Devon was much more of a pleasure to visit from a gardeners perspective. Greenhouses, Grapes, Peaches, Apricots, Figs,
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Cockington, Devon
An off the cuff visit to Cockington, happened to be on the same day as the ‘Apple Day’. We was
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Black Walnuts (Juglans Nigra) are ripe – End October 2014
This year it has been a massive crop of Black Walnuts (Juglans Nigra). Its now the end of October and
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Saves having to dead head the Geraniums
I was surprised in seeing this one morning. In all 4 tubs, the geraniums had all been neatly browsed off.
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Walnut (Juglans Regia) – Red Danube
The Red Danube Walnut (syns Rouge de la Donan, Rode Donau) comes from southern Germany, the breed gets its name
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Autumn Pre leaf fall – Fungicide application
Now is the time to apply a pre leaf fall fungicide application, to peaches, nectarines and plums, in fact all
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Old Grape vine saved – I hope
As if only by luck I happened to visit an elderly lady, on the very day a guy was digging
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Easy way of planting large quantities of trees.
If you have a large quantity of trees to plant, you have got to think of a quicker method than
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