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Category Archives: Fruit trees
firmly rooted in mother earth
When I planted my fruit trees I did not pay heed to the conventional gardening advice. I did not use any compost in the planting holes, I did not stake them or use tree guards. I left these activities un-done … Continue reading
foundations for fruitfulness
Over the last two weeks or so we have had persistent, relentless rain or battering winds or, at times, both! However one evening recently there was a short, warm, sunny interlude and I went out to spend time in the … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, forest garden development, Forest Gardening, Fruit, Fruit trees, Principles of forest gardening, Relationship with nature, the garden of equal delights
Tagged amelanchier, blackcurrant, cherries, gooseberries, jostaberries, redcurrant, strawberries, whitecurrant
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filling in the gaps
I have just been reading through my old posts and realise there are some gaps to fill in – about filling in the gaps! When I first planted fruit trees in the garden I had planned for them to be … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, forest garden development, Forest Gardening, Fruit trees
Tagged tiny fruit trees
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don’t do anything until you have to and then only do the minimum
I am working on a new book and hence all my writing effort has gone into that and there just hasn’t been sufficient spare time to keep this blog up to date. Nor has there been much time to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, Forest Gardening, Fruit, Fruit trees, Principles of forest gardening
Tagged apple, chokeberry, currants, gage, garlic, kale, medlar, plum, raspberries, tiny fruit trees
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What makes a forest garden?
In July I posted about ‘Les Bois de St Hilaire’, a French campsite I stayed at which provides a wonderful model of the kind of natural woodland that a forest garden is modelled on. As a follow up and contrast … Continue reading
Posted in ecosystem, Forest Gardening, Fruit trees, Hedgerow, Herbs, Polycultures
Tagged ecosystem
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Tiny fruit trees – summer 2017
I am growing the fruit trees in my garden as ‘tiny fruit trees’ according the to method of Anne Ralph and as described in previous posts here and here. All these fruit trees are planted in polycultures of other fruits, … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, forest garden development, Forest Gardening, Fruit, Fruit trees
Tagged apple, cherry, damson, mirabelle, pear, plum, polycultures, quince
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Enjoying a summer’s day
It is 16th July and the sun has come out after a dull morning. I would have liked rain as it has been incredibly dry for this part of the world, but despite that most plants are doing well (and … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, Fruit, Fruit trees
Tagged blackcurrant, gooseberries, jostaberries, kale, marjoram, parsley, redcurrant, tree onions, whitecurrant
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Pennard Plants
The range of suppliers that provide interesting heritage and perennial vegetables is increasing all the time. I used to survey all the companies I knew of each year to provide a summary for readers but that would be too big … Continue reading
Time to prune the tiny fruit trees
On or after the solstice is the time to prune fruit trees according the method I am following from Ann Ralph’s ‘Grow a Little Fruit Tree’ book. So now time like the present – I have been in the garden … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, forest garden development, Forest Gardening, Fruit, Fruit trees, Permaculture, Polycultures
Tagged apple, mirabelle, plum
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Tiny fruit trees
Last year I planted seven new fruit trees. I desperately wanted to have lots of different types and searched for a means of making sure they were small trees. Clearly you can choose dwarfing rootstocks but those I had planted … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, forest garden development, Fruit, Fruit trees
Tagged apple, cherry, damson, gage, mirabelle, pear, quince
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