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Spraying the nursery trees with garlic oil and seaweed extract to help boost the trees immune system, increase photosynthesis levels and as a pest deterrent

I made this pergola for the wedding venue at Bromwich Park recently using Douglas fir from cynynion timber

Here’s an article I wrote for Permaculture Magazine

Spring flowers showing so much promise. Apple, pear, chives,poached egg plant, elaegnus…

This tree has been damaged by hungry rabbits in the winter. In order to rescue it I’ve planted two rootstocks next to it and grafted into the trunk above the...

Welsh Perry variety Gwehelog just starting to grow from bud grafted onto the Pyrus communis rootstock last August. The new growth has a few aphids taking some of that fresh...

We recently had a go at making Biochar at the nursery. Here’s what Biochar International have to say about Biochar Home Sustainable biochar is a powerfully simple tool to fight...

It’s very nearly the end of the planting season and I have a limited selection of trees left. Here’s the list. Please get in touch if you’d like to order...

All the rootstocks we plant in the nursery are inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi. This kick starts a relationship between the roots and the fungal sphere in the soil. The fungus...

820 rootstocks heeled in ready for planting

In amongst a couple of old apple trees today I’ve found these beautiful mushrooms, honey combs from bees nesting in a large hollow trunk and some bird nests. This is...

This shed at the nursery was built using timber from a sustainably managed woodland 5 miles away. During the summer when my nursery workload isn’t so manic I can build...

Here’s a link to some courses being run by the Marcher Apple Network. I’m teaching on a grafting course on Sunday 18th February

I’m renovating an old cider orchard near Ludlow

This trunk is rotting away because the spiral rabbit guard has trapped in moisture

Mercedes Sprinter 310D LWB 5 berth camper van. £4,500. 2874cc, diesel 252,853 miles Will sell with 12 months not, excellent condition, full service history, new spare tyre, tow bar, solar...

Shropshire apples grown at the community orchard

Early coppicing of willow to provide some wood for the walls of my new log store

This pear is growing on a hawthorn tree! We grafted it at the community orchard in oswestry about three years ago…

The catalogue for the winter season 2017/18 is now online at https://tomtheappleman.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Nursery-catalogue-2017-18.pdf

I now have the new nursery stocklist for winter season 2016/17. All one year old trees are £18. Stepover cordons are £25. Here’s the link https://tomtheappleman.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Nursery-Stocklist-2016-17.pdf