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What Are ‘Chill Hours’ And Why Do They Matter?

The recent UK-wide cold-snap will have been really good for our fruit trees – here’s why.

Published January 10, 2021
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Science Tagged chill accumulation, chill hours, chill requirement, chill units, pomology

Wassail, Wassail, With a Jolly Wassail!

It’s twelfth night – or one of them – which can mean only one thing in the orchard: Wassail!

Published January 5, 2021
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Tradition Tagged orchard tradition, waes hael, wassail, wassailing

How to: Pick Apples and Pears

Top fruit harvest season is here, so it’s time for a guide to picking apples and pears the safe and careful way.

Published September 3, 2020
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work Tagged apple, harvest, pear, picking method

How To: Thin Out Apple and Pear Fruitlets

Fruit thinning is an essential operation to carry out to improve your chances of better quality fruit this year and more fruit buds next year.

Published June 17, 2020
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work Tagged apple, fruit thinning, orchard work, pear, top-fruit

Gallery: Top-Fruit Blossom, Spring 2020

2020 has been a rather excellent year for fruit blossom. Here’s a gallery of some examples I’ve seen in various places.

Published May 1, 2020
Categorised as Gallery, Longer Articles Tagged apple, blossom, pear, plum

The Norfolk Beefing / Biffin Dilemma

In which I try to work out whether I can justify the energy consumption needed to cook up a classic apple dessert…

Published February 16, 2020
Categorised as Longer Articles, Miscellaneous Tagged apple dessert, apples, biffin, Norfolk Beefing

Another Holly Mount Pruning Session, Feb 2020

A grey but dry and hugely enjoyable Sunday afternoon was well spent on helping to finish off this year’s winter pruning work.

Published February 4, 2020
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work, Top Fruit Pruning Tagged apple, maintenance pruning, pear, pruning, restoration pruning, winter pruning

Mature Apple Tree: Restoration Pruning

Here’s how I went about the first phase of restorative pruning on a mature apple three that has been sadly neglected for a few years.

Published January 28, 2020
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work, Top Fruit Pruning Tagged pruning, restoration pruning

Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning

Here’s how I pruned three stepover trees on our allotment plot, leaving them until January rather than pruning in late summer as usually advised.

Published January 21, 2020
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work, Top Fruit Pruning Tagged apple, Malus domestica Borkh, pruning, stepover, trained form, winter pruning

Pruning Session: Holly Mount Orchard, January 2020

On a grey and drizzly afternoon I spent a happy few hours helping to winter prune a few of the trees in Holly Mount community orchard.

Published January 7, 2020
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work, Top Fruit Pruning Tagged Bury, Holly Mount orchard, orchard work, winter pruning

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