We’ve begun chip budding apples in the nursery

Just made the first batch of bio fertiliser for spraying the trees in the nursery and orchard.

These sweet hedgerow plums were found growing near Oswestry and are known locally as sugar plums. I will be grafting them onto plum rootstocks next week and trees will be ready for sale a year in November

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 damaged part. The rootstock is cut to reveal the cambium, inserted under the bark and sealed with a grafting wax.

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 spring sap. I’ll try my new home made ‘apichi’ pesticide on them tomorrow. It’s made from garlic, black pepper, chilli powder, ethanol, water, molasses and

We recently had a go at making Biochar at the nursery. Here’s what Biochar International have to say about Biochar International Biochar Initiative Sustainable biochar is a powerfully simple tool to fight global warming. This 2,000 year-old practice converts agricultural waste into a soil enhancer that can hold carbon, boost food security, and discourage deforestation.

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 any. Apples M25 Gloucester Underleaf Landore of Aberedw (Underleaf sport) Sweeney Nonpareil Credenhill Pippin Pig yr Wydd Pig Aderyn Discovery 6 x Charles Ross M26

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 acts as an extension to the root system, enabling a greater reach for nutrients and moisture. This ensures the trees bought from me already have