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Tidying up the glasshouse fruit

Our two main glasshouses, which are mounted against a more or less south facing wall, are used for various fruits. In the summer they house part of our tomato crop as well as, variously, aubergines, cucumbers, tomatillos, peppers, and such like. Amongst the permanent planting, we have one vine in each, two figs in one,… Continue reading Tidying up the glasshouse fruit

Published 3 March 2015
Categorised as Garden diary Tagged figs, grapes, peaches

Tidying up the fruit

Over the last couple of weeks we have been tidying up some of the fruit in the kitchen garden. Whilst our orchard trees will be grown as bushes or half standards, along with full sized specimens of chestnut, walnut, and mulberry, all of the fruit in the kitchen garden is trained in some sort of… Continue reading Tidying up the fruit

Published 3 September 2014
Categorised as Garden diary Tagged apples, cherries, figs, grapes, pears

A few chores on the hottest day of the year so far

Today was the hottest of the year so far, so not the ideal time to be working on the paths. However, CT and Riitta had weeded the paths in the fruit cage and covered all of the short runs with weed suppressing membrane, leaving the two long runs to finish. If left for too long,… Continue reading A few chores on the hottest day of the year so far

Published 7 July 2013
Categorised as Garden diary Tagged brassicas, figs, saladings, weeds

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