The apple’s heritage is greater than any fruit on British soil, its uses so varied from delicious juices, purees, ciders and preserves, to...
The harvest season marks a crucial point in the calendar for farmers, gardeners and smallholders here in the UK. Harvest is an exciting...
Emma at Farm Tech Supplies catches up with James Matyear, Vineyard Manager at Black Chalk Vineyard, to find out about cultivating grape vines. Black...
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Tomorrow marks the beginning of English Wine Week, a spotlight on this exciting industry. Celebrating and promoting English wines, inspiring more people to...
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Increasing in popularity are fruit and vegetable box schemes, usually organised as a weekly delivery of locally grown and harvested fruit and vegetables,...
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Just the right size to move in-between and around fruit trees, vegetable patches and plants, a compact tractor with an array of handy,...
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Have you recently purchased a smallholding? Are you looking for new ways to make an income? With the liberty of space, multi-purpose pastures,...
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Traditionally, orchards are planted within grassed areas to allow for grazing once the fruit trees are established. Sowing a grass-and-clover mix between trees...
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Here are a few tips to help your strawberries thrive next year. Once your strawberry plants have finished fruiting for the year there...
Over the winter months many smallholders and landowners take the opportunity to plant or improve an orchard while trees are dormant. Similarly, bare...
