Here are a couple of videos that I hope will give beginners a bit of pruning confidence. Thanks to my buddy Ray at Soulhaven Productions for making them and thanks to Barry for letting us film his trees! These fruit tree pruning videos won’t answer all your questions, not by a long shot. But they […]
How to Pick and Store Plums
By | LastUpdated December 24, 2023
There’s a small window, a perfect moment when fruit is ripe for picking. The only way you catch it is by keeping an eye on your crops. With a plum harvest, I reckon it’s just before it hits the ground. Pick your plums when the skin has that gorgeous dusky bloom on it and when […]
How To Bird Net Your Fruit Trees
By | LastUpdated December 1, 2024
There is only one sure way to keep the birds off your fruit – and that’s to bird net.
The First Espalier Prune of the Season
By | LastUpdated December 29, 2022
A quick prune of the upward shoots on your espalier keeps things fruitful and promotes fresh shoots. Go along each branch and reduce long upward shoots back to 2 or 3 buds. How simple is that. Where there is a cluster of shoots, thin them out leaving about 20cm between each one. Completely remove the […]
