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851Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshirewww.nortonpriory.orgWA7 1SXMuseum& woodland garden open all year, daily: 29 Mar-31 Oct, 10am-5pm (walled garden 12 noon-4pm) ; rest of year, 12 noon-4pm (walled garden closed). Adults £6.10, OAPs £5.40, children (5-15) £3.25. Single dis...

900Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Perthshire01796 481 207www.blair-castle.co.ukPH18 5TLOpen 25 Mar-31 Oct, daily, 9.30am-5.30pm. Adults/OAPs £5.40, children (5-16) £2.50.parking,toilets,part-disabled,picnic,food-drink,shop,dogs,public-transport

on special occasions, religiously eat my five portions of fruit and veg every day and get super-fit. And the allotment fits in very nicely with the last two of those.Trouble is that in conjunction with the month of January there usually comes a settled

The cause of the splits is invariably irregular watering. When the tree suddenly gets a hefty drink following a period of drought, the apples quickly expand, which often leads to the skin cracking. The fruit usually produces a corky, scab

859Ripley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire01423 770152www.ripleycastle.co.ukHG3 3AYOpen all year, daily, 9am-5pm (until 4.30pm in winter). Times may vary due to private events – phone for details. Adults £6, OAPs £5.50, children (5-16) £4.parking,toilets,full-disabled,plants,refreshme...

757Normanby, North Lincs01724 720 588www.northlincs.gov.uk/normanbyDN15 9HUOpen all year, daily, 29 Mar-27 Sep, 10.30am-5pm (dusk if earlier). Adults £5.60, OAPs £5.10, children (5-15) £2.80. Card valid for the whole property.parking,toilets,part-disabled,plants,refreshments,picn...

Pears ripening on the tree are damaged by wasps excavating holes into the soft, juicy flesh. The holes are initially created by hungry birds, then wasps are attracted by the juice and move in.Pears that are still on the tree display hollowed out cavities, often with wasps still i...

Wasps love feeding on soft, juicy fruit. They can break through the skins of grapes, peaches and plums, and quickly nibble out sizeable cavities, but fruit with tougher skins such as apples and pears must first be broken open by pecking birds before

More advice on growing fruitMake the most of summer raspberriesGrow early strawberriesGrow blueberries and cranberriesEnjoy a long season of raspberriesBrowse a variety of fruit

Chris Beardshaw demonstrates a method for training greenhouse tomatoes, intended to increase fruiting yield.summerMore on growing tomatoesRead Kate Bradbury's blog on the dos and don'ts of growing tomatoesGrow tomatoes from seedGrow tomatoes outside