Fruit Growing

You want to grow fruit but you have a patio, a balcony, or a garden so small that a full-size apple tree would block out the sun for the neighbours.…

You’ve been growing vegetables in raised beds for a couple of seasons and you’ve hit the wall that every UK grower hits: the weather. Tomatoes that need warmth get battered…

You bought three raspberry canes from the garden centre in March, shoved them in the border behind the shed, and forgot about them. By July, one had died, one had…

Best fruit cages for UK gardens, including walk-in aluminium cages, budget steel frames, pop-up raised-bed covers and wildlife-safe netting advice.

It’s mid-April, you’re scrolling past photos of someone’s homegrown strawberries on Instagram, and you’re thinking “I could never grow those.” You can. Strawberries are one of the easiest fruits to…

It’s late May, you’ve planted your first tomato seedlings in the garden, and by July you’re standing over a plant that’s two metres tall, covered in green fruit that stubbornly…

You’ve got a small garden — maybe 6m x 4m, maybe less — and you want a fruit tree. Not a full orchard, just something that produces actual fruit you…

There’s a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from eating fruit you grew yourself — and it’s not the money you saved (let’s be honest, once you factor in the…

There’s a moment every winter when you look at the apple tree in the garden — the one that was here when you moved in — and think “I should probably do…