HELMINGHAM PLANT SALE - THIS SUNDAY (19TH)

Hello - what a year this is proving for fruit. In 18 years in this industry - I have NEVER seen fruit trees so laden. Are your trees nearly bent double??

Mine certainly are - and that is after all the careful management and thinning I put into them!!!!

Everything is just stuffed - from plums to pears - to Quinces.

With the gales earlier in the week - there has been some branch breakage - but generally the fruit has held on pretty well - although it may look initally alarming to see some of the branches weeping to the ground - they will spring back up into shape once the fruit is picked -and if they do not - you can still remove them when doing your annual winter prune.

Why is there such a bounteous harvest this year??

A combination of strong quality blossom - followed by an excellent growing season - with just the right amount of sun and rainfall has kept things pretty rosy for them.

Tomorrow - SUNDAY 19th - we are exhibiting at the PLANT HERITAGE PLANT FAIR at HELMINGHAM HALL. This is our one and only forray into the Plant Sale world- simply being too busy to attend most of them.

This is an excellent sale - it is open from 10.00 - 4.30 - Helmingham is a fabulous site - on the B1077 just outside Debenham - it is Brown - Tourist Board Signed - an ancient mansion with a fabulous garden and park - last year there were 46 stands with different nurseries - selling everything you could ever want for your garden!!

We will be there with our fruit trees and shrubs - so do come and say Hello!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME - OR SEE YOU AT THE PLANT SALE!!
RICHARD