After the winter of 2011/12 I confidently predicted, to anyone who would listen, that due to the long cold winter we were bound to see a bumper apple harvest that autumn.
Read MoreMy wife was recently given some long whippy fruit canes (with roots intact) by a gardener friend of hers, the bounty from an autumn thinning at a large kitchen garden. The stems are that of the Japanese wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), a relative of the raspberry that hails from Korea and China, as well as Japan, and they promise to be an interesting addition to our garden.
Read MoreThere are many good reasons for growing edible plants in containers. Perhaps you want to grow a variety that is not suited to the soil type in your garden, or you are short of space or perhaps you want to grow a less than hardy variety that will benefit from some winter protection in the greenhouse. Another reason though is simply for the flexibility of being able to move containers where you want them when you want them, and as their fruits develop and become more attractive.
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