UPDATES & New Pages
Here are links to three post updates and three new website pages which have been added to Herbidacious, that you (probably) have not seen yet.
An Englishman's Garden Adventures
Here are links to three post updates and three new website pages which have been added to Herbidacious, that you (probably) have not seen yet.
A step-by-step guide for making
this attractive and practical feature
for your fence or wall.
This post is a record of my attempt to fan-train a peach tree on the brick wall of my unheated greenhouse. The post is … read more
One of my apples (a triple cordon ‘Fiesta’) has suffered for a few years with infestations of Mussel Scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi). You can see them attached to … read more
A traditional starting point for training climbers on walls and fences is a system of tensioned horizontal wires. Ideally these wires should provide a … read more
In my garden I have tried to include fruit varieties that extend the season as widely as possible. This is the first year that … read more
I’ve just updated the following posts. Just over a year after initial planting, these fans were ready for their summer pruning and training session. You … read more
Edwardian Gardening GeniusThe walled gardens at West Dean contain some of the finest examples of fruit training in the British Isles. Free-standing trained forms … read more
Unfortunately, I had to remove the fan trained plum that grew in this spot for the last five years. Although it was magnificent and … read more
A six year old step-over Beauty of Bath apple trained along a narrow bed under a window at the front of my house – just coming into flower in late April. The basic form is just two horizontal branches trained outwards, then pruned for fruiting spurs.
INTRODUCTION2015 planting and training △ Fan-trained pear ‘Concorde’, three years after planting In this post I document my experience of planting, training and managing … read more