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by hand any affected leaves and shoots. pearsspring to autumnMore advice on growing pearsTreating apple and pear scabPreventing pear wasp damageDealing with codling moth on fruit treesMonty's favourite fruit varieties

doing damage to the much more important growing tips and developing stems. The larger soft pinkish galls also found on oak are the true 'oak apples', caused by a similar tiny gall wasp Biorhiza pallida. They will eventually harden and turn brown after

that am trying to disguise and already have honeysuckle and clematis, plus a small apple tree, lilac and climbing hydrangea in that area. Any ideas? Passion flower, mine seems to like my clay soil. It stayed green all winter this year as an added bonus. I

Pick ripe apples and store the best in fruit cratesDig up strawberry runners and pot them upNet autumn raspberries and blackberries to protect them from birdsLift and dry maincrop potatoes and store in paper sacks in a cool, dark placePot up a few

Wrap grease bands around fruit trees to catch female winter moths climbing up from the soilPlant out garlic or start growing cloves in pots to plant out laterClear away old crops and dig over the groundSow hardy peas under fleece for an early crop

try the taste test too as I rather enjoy apples that are just a little bit un-ripe as far as the official opinion goes! I have a small patio and decking area and would like to grow fruit trees, perhaps apples and pears, in pots. Do I look

not survive. Is the soil really bad, for some reason, or were they allowed to dry out. Would a new, different, tree meet a better fate. Maybe you could grow an ornamental cherry, if you like them. Crab apples, amalanchier, weeping silver birch, flowering

is grafted and it sprouts from below that abandon all hope Hi! ive been out and had a look and its not good news me and my wife have also checked the roots and they were brown and brittle so ive taken it out but weve got 2 apple trees growing from seed

Plant out leeks and brassicas raised in a seed bedSpread mulch around beans and other crops to help conserve soil moistureNet developing soft fruits to protect them from birdsSpray apple trees showing signs of powdery mildew or scabWater onions

Shorten sideshoots growing from the framework of espalier, fan and cordon-trained fruit trees back to about five leaves from their basePick fresh herbs for dryingPick gooseberries, currants, strawberries and other fruits as they ripenSupport heavily