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Getting It Right With Fruit!
Kitchen Garden
|August 2021
We may not always have the ideal conditions for growing fruit, but there are things you can do, says David Patch, by choosing a fruit that will suit your particular plot or garden
“Well-drained but moisture-retentive soil, sheltered position in full sun.” The Shangri-La of gardening. A mythical utopia where any plant will flourish. How many times have we read about a fruit tree that sounds great on paper, but then we find that phrase, guaranteed to strike dread into the 99% of gardeners who don’t have such ideal conditions to hand? Even if we do have the good fortune to have a favorable soil and aspect, much like the poolside sun loungers at the hotel, the best spots have already been taken and we are left trying to spread out our towels in a cold, damp corner, exposed to the wind, or in deep shade.
This story is from the August 2021 edition of Kitchen Garden.
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