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favourites:"Yellow Champagne' is a lovely variety, along with 'Golden Drop', he says. "They are both quite sweet"."'Red Champagne' has an attractive colour and 'Langley Gage' is reckoned to have one of the best flavours." Prune gooseberries early in the year

After buying a plum tree for the allotment, I started to think about other fruit that I have a soft spot for. So I couldn't resist ordering a morello cherry tree.Sour cherries never seem to be available to buy, so I have to rely on the generosity

satisfying week.Today I sorted out the autumn raspberries: pruning, clearing and feeding the bed. Autumn-fruiting raspberries produce fruit on new canes, so they should be cut to the ground in February to encourage them to produce this season's canes

the last quarter and the new moon.Plant leafy crops in period one, fruit crops in period two, root crops and perennials in period three, and take a break in period four (do housework, hoeing, pruning, making raised beds. Don't plant anything unless you