I have not written any posts recently about the allotment, and this one is about something that I have never attempted to grow or plant – fruit trees.

With this in mind, I did a bit or reseach on what varieties would do best in the spot I chose at the allotment. Not many allotments actually allow trees as they can quite quickly become very large and create shading in neighbouring allotments, also taking a lot of nutrients out of the soil at the same time. However, many fruits are now grown on dwarf root stocks, which is what I have chosen. Non of which will every grow beyond 2 Metres high. Arriving yesterday they went straight into buckets of water and have been planted out today.

I have purchased 3 Apple Trees, two Pears, a Plum and a Greengage. I still need to prune these yet, and am reseaching what I need to prune before I make any cuts. These all will receive a mulch of horse manure shorlty which should go toward adding extra nutritian and keep the weeds down.