{"id":61078,"date":"2017-07-18T18:29:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T11:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-beginners-guide-to-growing-fruit\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T18:41:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T11:41:02","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-growing-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-beginners-guide-to-growing-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"A beginner's guide to growing fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCreating a fruit-lover\u2019s utopia in your garden or allotment is easier than you\u2019d think. Head gardener Lucy Chamberlain explains howRead parts one and two of this series.Many people\u2019s response to the thought of growing fruit in their garden is \u201cI haven\u2019t got room\u201d, \u201cthe birds will eat it before I do\u201d, \u201cI\u2019d rather grow flowers because they\u2019re prettier\u201d, or \u201cit\u2019s a bit too tricky\u201d. Well, they\u2019re wrong. And they\u2019re missing out. Here\u2019s why.It\u2019s perfectly possible for a beginner to successfully grow a good crop of apples, pears, plums, cherries, figs, apricots, peaches, nectarines, raspberries, grapes, kiwi berries, blackberries, blueberries, currants, gooseberries, and strawberries in a small space. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…A beginner’s guide to growing fruit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Creating a fruit-lover\u2019s utopia in your garden or allotment is easier than you\u2019d think. Head...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-fT8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115578,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/no-soil-seeds-or-space-no-problem-a-beginners-guide-to-growing-vegetables\/","url_meta":{"origin":61078,"position":0},"title":"No soil, seeds or space? No problem! A beginner's guide to growing vegetables","date":"April 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r It\u2019s possible to help keep your household stocked with fresh greens, even if you don\u2019t have a garden. Here\u2019s how to get startedFears of coronavirus-induced shortages have sparked a desire to grow our own food, but getting hold of supplies isn\u2019t easy when popping to the garden centre is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84284,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-grow-your-own-veg-a-beginners-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":61078,"position":1},"title":"How to grow your own veg: a beginner\u2019s guide","date":"March 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Fancy home-grown carrots, chard, coriander or cabbage? This is all you need to knowFirst, write down which fruit, veg and herbs you love to eat, then cross off those less likely to crop in the UK (bananas and avocados, say). If space is at a premium, don\u2019t grow inexpensive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59546,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-its-worth-growing-fruit-in-the-shade\/","url_meta":{"origin":61078,"position":2},"title":"Why it\u2019s worth growing fruit in the shade","date":"July 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r For sweetness, yes, most common fruit need full sun. But for a tangy tartness that\u2019s ideal for jams, hide raspberries, gooseberries and cherries in a shady spotPick up a growing guide for pretty much any common fruit and I am willing to wager that a spot in \u201cfull sun\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":103849,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/worm-composting-a-beginners-guide-alys-fowler\/","url_meta":{"origin":61078,"position":3},"title":"Worm composting: a beginner's guide | Alys Fowler","date":"February 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A wormery can provide nutrients for your plants throughout the growing seasonI took my love to a fishing tackle shop to buy a squirm of worms. We went home, dumped them ceremoniously into a bin and she declared it a dream date. I felt blessed, in no minor part\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":34098,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/garden-sharing-growing-your-own-vegetables-on-someone-elses-patch\/","url_meta":{"origin":61078,"position":4},"title":"Garden sharing: growing your own vegetables on someone else's patch","date":"September 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Allotment waiting lists are getting longer, but if you want to save cash by growing your own veg there is another wayHave rising food prices given you an appetite for growing your own fruit and veg? You're not alone. According to a recent Which? report, a quarter of us\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9796,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-does-your-garden-grow-gemma-wood-wye-valley-sculpture-garden-monmouthshire\/","url_meta":{"origin":61078,"position":5},"title":"How does your garden grow? Gemma Wood, Wye Valley Sculpture Garden, Monmouthshire","date":"April 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r When I returned home 20 years ago, I wanted to add structure to the garden, so I rented a JCB. My parents were excited about my vision, but it was a challenge I remember being scared of the garden when I was a toddler, because it was so vast.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}