Barn Owl Nesting Box – Spring 2026
After watching an episode of Jeremy Clarkson, the Diddly Squat Farm, and his efforts to erect a nesting box, as
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Hillmorton Vale Residents Association – Community Orchard July 2025
I know it’s a bit of a belated article by about 5 months, but it’s finally time to publish. This
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Orchard Alleyway’s Cover Crop Update – Seeding 2025
Orchard Alleyway’s Cover Crop Update – Seeding 2025 Thought it might be best to show a few photos of some
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Orchard Alleyway’s Cover Crop Pt3 – Spring 2025
Orchard Alleyway’s Cover Crop Pt3 – Spring 2025 Well, we finally got around to hand-sowing the seed, and then we
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Orchard Alleyway’s Cover Crop Pt2 – 2025
Orchard Alleyway’s Cover Crop Pt2 – 2025 With advice from Plant Health all the alleyways and around the trees were
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Orchard Alleyway’s Cover Crop Pt1 – 2024
Orchard Alleyway’s Cover Crop Pt1 – 2024 Primarily one apricot row was diagnosed with silver leaf by our visiting Plant
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Are Old English Apple Varieties on the way out ??
From a home backyard perspective, growing traditional old English varieties is on the up and up. Especially those wanting to
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Just a few more Fruit varieties from our Orchard – End Nov/Dec 2023
For this post, out first variety is a Persimmon – Hira-tanenashi. It is an аstringent variety and the fruits should
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Still gathering Apples from our Orchard – End Nov/Dec 2023
There are still apples to be gathered in our orchard. They are very much ripe and juicey, just right for
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Follaton Arboretum Orchard – Totnes, Devon – October 2022
Follaton Arboretum Orchard – Totnes, Devon – October 2022 Follaton Arboretum Orchard – Totnes As part of our normal holiday
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