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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

Orchard Pest & Disease Watch, 2020 Edition

There are a few of the usual problems to keep an eye on in the orchard this year.

Published June 24, 2020
Categorised as Orchard P&D, Orchard Work Tagged aphid, canker, fireblight, powdery mildew, wind damage

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

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

How To: (Hopefully) Prevent an Orchard Aphid Nightmare

In which I attempt to save our damson from the ravages of an aphid infestation.

Published May 30, 2019
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work Tagged aphids, neem oil, organic control, pest control

Pruning: Crown-Lifting a Bramley’s Seedling

In which we remove the lower branches to create space for the tree’s owner to move around their garden.

Published February 20, 2019
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work Tagged apple, Bramley

Restorative Pruning Workshop, Platt Fields, Manchester

A day of pruning tuition and practice at Platt Fields community orchard with the Orchard Project.

Published January 23, 2019
Categorised as Longer Articles, Orchard Work Tagged grafting, Manchester, Platt Fields, pruning, restoration pruning, workshop

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