It may seem obvious, but I want to start off by saying that a good healthy fruit garden will deliver you good and bountiful crops – quite often without disease or pest damage. I say obvious but this isn’t always the case judging by the number of questions I get from gardeners complaining about crop Continue reading

If you want to grow any plant or tree in the garden or allotment well, I believe that it is essential to consider several criteria before planting. After all you wouldn’t choose to build a house without a properly thought out site and foundations, would you?  In my opinion there are four major cornerstones which Continue reading

So now you have spent quite a fair time deciding what to plant and where to plant everything you now need to get those hands dirty and get on with the actual real physical planting. Whilst the following might all seem an utter pain and far too prescriptive it is essential that you take good Continue reading