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Planting out the orchard

It was many weeks ago when the last of our orchard trees arrived. As the planting site was not ready and the weather was poor, we healed them in, in one of the vegetable beds. Before we ordered the trees we had found somebody to give us a hand preparing the planting sites, as this… Continue reading Planting out the orchard

Published 23 April 2014
Categorised as Orchard Tagged almonds, apples, chestnuts, medlar, mulberry, orchard, pears, plums, quince, walnuts

Orchard oddities

Yet another article looking at varieties of fruit for our small orchard, this time examining a few orchard oddities. A mixed orchard such as ours is composed primarily of apples, pears, and plums, but there are other fruits that one might consider, four of which we have picked out for planting this winter: crab apple,… Continue reading Orchard oddities

Published 8 January 2014
Categorised as Orchard, Varieties Tagged apple, crab apple, medlar, mulberry, orchard, pear, quince

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