Category: UK Nursery

Top 10 Evergreen Shrubs for Winter Gardens

When a garden looks excellent in the winter, it’s usually because the owner has planned out the area to remain interesting throughout the year and so that there are attractive colours and textures during each season to excite the senses.

What to do with this years harvest!

Whilst there was not the abundance of fruit this 2023 Autumn, it was the sunniest June in a while which ensured young apples got the sunshine hours they needed to develop the full potential of their taste and flavour. In particular, the sunshine helped to build up the delicious natural sugars in this seasons crop. And if like me you have been looking at how to store your newly harvested fruit then here are a few ideas that we have gathered along the way.

Fruit trees – to prune or not to prune!

Fruit trees crop late in the season, from September to October, and you can store the fruit if you do it right until around Christmas to January, although eating apples and pears within the first week or two fresh from the tree is always the best, crispest fruit.