September always feels like the start of a new gardening year,Summer crops are all ripening and you need to collect and store them but also the new seed catalogues are arriving and we need to get ready to plant those veg that we get through the Winter
Its also the perfect time to get some work done on your growing beds before the weather turn cold and the ground becomes harder to cultivate
In this late summer update Benjamin Ranyard from Higgledygarden shows us just how much colour his hardy and half-hardy flowers are producing,some fantastic Zinnias and Scabious which along with the cosmos have been a fantastic source of food for the numerous bees and hoverflys,which i believe have had a massive effect on the bumper crop of beans in the veg garden next door
Nothing quite compares to that sharp tartness of the spring Rhubarb or the soft acidic sweetness of the first Raspberry’s, no shop bought fruit ever comes close and with new cultivars the season for some soft fruit is now longer than ever.
The new root stocks and growing techniques also mean that even the smallest garden now has room for a productive fruit tree either free standing or against a fence or wall,no longer do we have to wait years for fruit trees to become productive and after all if you want to put a tree into your new garden why not make it a productive on.
1.MAKING A FRUIT GARDEN—film 1
2.How to Plant a Fruit Garden film 2
These following Films contain some of the related techniques that can make your planting and growing fruit a success
B.Mycorrhizal fungi– when to use and why we should
C. WIRE FRAME SUPPORT FOR FRUIT GROWING