Harvesting, drying and storing nuts without mould
You harvest nuts at fruit fall, not off the tree. How to dry walnut and hazelnut correctly and store them cool so they do not go mouldy or rancid.
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19 postsHazelnut in the garden: pollination, pruning and harvest
The hazelnut is a manageable shrub for almost any garden. Why you need two varieties, how to rejuvenate rather than shape it and what helps against the weevil.
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Quince in the home garden: varieties, harvest and use
The quince is robust, self-fertile and bears alone. Apple versus pear quince, the late harvest point and what becomes of the hard fruit, from jelly to liqueur.
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Pests & Diseases
Brown rot: why removing the mummified fruit is the key
Fruit that rots brown on the tree and carries pale spore cushions in rings: brown rot. Why the fungus enters almost only through wounds, why the overwintering mummified fruit is the key, and how to curb the rot without sprays.
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Vegetables
Growing sweet potatoes: not a potato, but a bindweed
The sweet potato is botanically a bindweed, not a potato. How to raise your own cuttings, plant them warm, and why only curing makes them properly sweet.
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Vegetables
Harvest lettuce all season: successional sowing makes the difference
Twenty heads at once and then nothing? How small batches and loose-leaf lettuce give you an even harvest from spring into autumn, and why lettuce will not germinate in high summer.
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Vegetables
Squash types explained: Hokkaido, butternut, spaghetti squash and pattypan
Three botanical species, four kitchen types, and why you must never eat a bitter squash. Which squash is good for what, how to grow it and harvest it ripe.
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Fruit & Berries
Raspberries: Varieties, Pruning, and the Whole Business with Suckers
Summer or autumn raspberry, which variety suits you, when to prune, and how to tame those wandering root suckers: the complete guide to growing raspberries in your own garden.
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Vegetables
Zucchini: from choosing a variety to the harvest
Zucchini are one of the most rewarding vegetables you can grow, and a handful of plants will feed a whole family. From choosing a variety through starting seeds and planting out to the daily harvest at the height of summer: the whole journey, explained without rushing.
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