Pruning & top dressing

The winter pruning is well under way and should be done by the end of February.  Here is one of the greengage trees having had a huge amount of dead wood cut out and top dressed with fertiliser and horse manure.

Greengage top dressed with manure

…and there are some lovely spring flowers emerging from beneath the unkempt grass…

Spring colour on the TopFruit plot

Retired IT manager and organic gardener especially interested in fruit growing, no-dig cultivation and permaculture. Allotment holder for 35 years.

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