# fruit tree (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover fruit tree. Page: Feed: --- ## [Passion Possibility, Tomato Determination and Chlorotic Coriander](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/passion-possibility-tomato-determination) _2026-08-17 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ Your questions answered. ## [Six On Saturday: Ouch](https://n20gardener.com/2026/08/15/six-on-saturday-ouch/) _2026-08-15 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ This is getting painful now. There are so many wilted plants in the garden. Surely the persicaria will come back, the pachysandra has disappeared, hopefully lying dormant until it rains again, the hebes are beginning to look distraught. We are all longing for an end to the drought. Can I find six to show that … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Ouch ## [Staking Fruit Trees](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/staking-fruit-trees) _2026-08-10 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ Why you shouldn’t, when you should, and how to go about it ## [Six On Saturday: Watering woes](https://n20gardener.com/2026/08/08/six-on-saturday-watering-woes/) _2026-08-08 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ Fine, warm and dry. It continues. There was one brief shower but the garden barely noticed it. On we go. Here’s my six for this week. One The hibiscus has been putting out flowers for a few weeks now. This is one gets a can of water a week. It seems to be managing quite … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Watering woes ## [August 2026 Planting Guide and Garden Update](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/august-2026-planting-guide-and-garden) _2026-08-03 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ Darren’s dances of destruction have begun. ## [Six On Saturday: Waxing lyrical](https://n20gardener.com/2026/08/01/six-on-saturday-waxing-lyrical/) _2026-08-01 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ Anyone dealing with drought and hosepipe bans will be sending out the same woeful message. It’s tough. However there are some things to enjoy. So here’s my six for this week. One Tomatoes. This week I went to see Benton End: a Paradise of Pollen and Paint at the Garden Museum in Lambeth, London. There’s … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Waxing lyrical ## [What the Fig?](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/what-the-fig-how-to-grow-figs) _2026-07-27 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ Pruning, harvesting and centuries of stories ## [Six On Saturday: Drying out](https://n20gardener.com/2026/07/25/six-on-saturday-drying-out-2/) _2026-07-25 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ I see that my last post on 4 July was titled Sunny Days. It is still sunny, but it has been very hot and dry and that is causing problems, as most UK SOSers will have discussed in the last few weeks. I had a busy couple of weekends so I am late to that … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Drying out ## [Blades that Last, Couch Grass, and Soil Solutions](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/blades-tmanaging-couch-grass-improving-sandy-soil) _2026-07-20 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ Your questions answered. ## [Why Do You Garden?](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/why-do-you-garden) _2026-07-13 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ A health scare, running and a lifetime of planting ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/x6af4ck2dcg9) _2026-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [July 2026 Planting Guide and Garden Update](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/july-2026-planting-guide-garden-update) _2026-07-06 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ Alignment of the planets is a rare thing, and for me, such a rare alignment occurred on 23 June 2026. ## [Six On Saturday: Sunny days](https://n20gardener.com/2026/07/04/six-on-saturday-sunny-days/) _2026-07-04 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ Last week we celebrated ten years of being here. Ten year’s of gardening here. You’d think I’d have it all under control by now, but of course not. In fact, I have an urge to pull things out and re-think. There’s one border in particular (well two) that I keep looking at with a less … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Sunny days ## [How to Plant a Fruit Tree](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree) _2026-06-29 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ This post is about digging holes. Because there’s more to it than you think. ## [Six On Saturday: Scorchio](https://n20gardener.com/2026/06/27/six-on-saturday-scorchio-2/) _2026-06-27 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ I’ve just returned from a week on the Suffolk coast. It was hot but nothing like the temperatures that the garden here had to endure. I moved almost everything out of the greenhouse before I left and put the trays of plants in a shady spot. I didn’t move my tomato plants in pots to … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Scorchio ## [“Bendigo Butternut” Bingo](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/bendigo-butternut-useful-seeds) _2026-06-22 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ Surprise gardening success, and an interview with one of Victoria’s foremost vegetable breeders ## [Possum Magic, Blueberry Pursuit and Fruiting Spurs](https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/p/possum-magic-blueberry-pursuit-and) _2026-06-15 · Duncan Cocking · Leaf, Root & Fruit_ Your questions answered ## [Six On Saturday: I’m calling it Summer](https://n20gardener.com/2026/06/13/six-on-saturday-im-calling-it-summer/) _2026-06-13 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ The first raspberries have been picked, just a handful and I found two ripe strawberries so for me Summer has begun. It’s been rather wet but my garden did need some rain so I’m not complaining. I even spotted the first cucumbers ready for picking. My walk round the garden this morning revealed plenty more … Continue reading Six On Saturday: I’m calling it Summer ## [Six On Saturday: Welcome rain](https://n20gardener.com/2026/06/06/six-on-saturday-welcome-rain/) _2026-06-06 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ I know correlation is not causation but I did order some new garden chairs last week and I planted out the summer pots. The rain has fallen every day since. It was much needed and I am celebrating full water barrels again. I was even able to plant out a few annuals but then I … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Welcome rain ## [Six On Saturday: Hot, dry but wonderful](https://n20gardener.com/2026/05/30/six-on-saturday-hot-dry-but-wonderful/) _2026-05-30 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ It has been so hot here. The garden is drying out and there have been emails from the water company asking for water saving to be a priority. There are annuals in trays that should be going out in to the garden but the ground is either like concrete or dust. Oh, woe is a … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Hot, dry but wonderful ## [Six On Saturday: Roses all the way](https://n20gardener.com/2026/05/23/six-on-saturday-roses-all-the-way/) _2026-05-23 · n20gardener · n20gardener_ It’s six roses from me this week. Here they are: One Gertrude Jekyll. This was one of the first roses planted in the garden about 10 years ago. It never really seemed to get going, to fill out fully and give generous flowers but this year all that has changed. It’s looking great. Two Souvenir … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Roses all the way ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DYupFOf7bssp) _2026-05-23 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [New winter sowing method without the fuss](https://wetknee.com/new-winter-sowing-method-without-the-fuss/) _2025-02-25 · Anna · WetKnee Books_ What if the plastic-milk-jug method of winter sowing isn’t the only way—or even the best way—to get a jump start \[…\] \The post New winter sowing method without the fuss first appeared on WetKnee Books .\ ## [How to Build a Critter-Proof DIY Hinged Strawberry Bed](https://wetknee.com/how-to-build-a-critter-proof-diy-hinged-strawberry-bed/) _2025-01-29 · Anna · WetKnee Books_ When Mark and I moved to Ohio, I was excited to continue the strawberry plants I’d started growing in Virginia. \[…\] \The post How to Build a Critter-Proof DIY Hinged Strawberry Bed first appeared on WetKnee Books .\ ## [How to turn wild acorns into edible flour](https://wetknee.com/how-to-turn-wild-acorns-into-edible-flour/) _2024-11-26 · Anna · WetKnee Books_ Have you ever walked through a forest in autumn and wondered if those acorns crunching underfoot could be turned into \[…\] \The post How to turn wild acorns into edible flour first appeared on WetKnee Books .\ ## [Preserving Jalapeños](https://wanderingstarfarmhouse.com/preserving-jalapenos/) _2024-11-16 · Jeanette · wanderingstarfarmhouse.com_ Jalapeños grow slowly along all summer, but really shine in the later summer into fall. You may end up with a windfall of fresh jalapeño peppers right as your garden gets its first freeze. Here’s a bunch of my favorite ways of preserving jalapeños. Canning Jalapeños There are a few ways of safely canning Jalapeños. Basically you can water bath process jalapeños in an acidified form. Classic… ## [Candied Jalapeño](https://wanderingstarfarmhouse.com/candied-jalapeno/) _2024-11-15 · Jeanette · wanderingstarfarmhouse.com_ If you’ve had a great year growing peppers in the garden, or just found a great deal on jalapeños at the farmers’ market or supermarket you need a surefire recipe for preserving jalapeños for the long term so they don’t go bad sitting in your fridge. If you’ve eaten enough fresh in recipes like our jalapeño chicken with plum chutney recipe you may want to try canning jalapeños. Canning Jalapeño… ## [Jalapeño Chicken Recipe With Plum Chutney](https://wanderingstarfarmhouse.com/jalapeno-chicken-recipe-with-plum-chutney/) _2024-10-30 · Jeanette · wanderingstarfarmhouse.com_ I harvested a bumper crop of jalapeños and I have a lot of things I want to make with jalapeños, but the first thing on my list is always this jalapeño chicken recipe with plum chutney. Jalapeños and plums are both delicious late-summer seasonal produce and I love that this recipe combines them both. These plums are store-bought, but one of these years my plum trees will produce some plums and I… ## [Fall Apple Recipe – Apple Butter](https://wanderingstarfarmhouse.com/fall-apple-recipe-apple-butter/) _2024-09-18 · Jeanette · wanderingstarfarmhouse.com_ Our friend had an abundance of apples to share from her trees, and she invited us over to pick our fill. We still have quite a bit of apple sauce canned from last fall so I wanted to do something different. I remembered that we hardly made any apple butter last fall (We skipped our annual apple butter festival) so that is the inspiration we needed to make this simple apple recipe. Apple butter is…