A Good Year for Apples

One of our readers has sent in pictures of his four year old apple tree, which this year has cropped well.

All over the country, this has been a good year for fruit with most top fruit cropping heavily. Read more

Wild Apples

July brings warm sunny days and balmy nights, ideal for going for a walk and having a look to see what is ripening in your local hedgerows.

Wild apple trees can often be found alongside park embankments and hedges.  Quite simply the result of somebody’s discarded apple core whilst out walking or thrown from car windows on roadside verges. Read more