An Englishman's Garden Adventures
Summer PruningThis is an essential skill for ensuring your trained fruit stays in shape and produces reliable fruit Summer pruning is necessary for wall trained fruit to develop and maintain the desired form and encourage fruit production. It should be carried …
April 2012 Gages are the posh cousins of the common-or-garden plum. They are finer in every way and in the UK, somewhat harder to grow, needing more warmth. Compared to plums gages are rounder, often smaller, more delicate and sweeter. The famous …
This fan trained cherry, planted in spring 2008, now spans 15′ and stands 6′ high following four years of training. Training Theory Cherries form fruiting spurs along the older branches. The aim of training is to create a permanent framework of strong …
A partial view to the landscape beyond is tantalising and greatly adds to the character of the garden, but you can have too much of a good thing… The ‘borrowed view’ is a design technique that maximises the sense of …