Fruit Guide
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Grow your own: Apples
Shop-bought apples are great, but if you have never grown your own, your choice will have been restricted to a handful of varieties chosen partly for taste.
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Grow your own: Apricots
Apricots are a favourite for drying and the nutrient-packed fruits make a great alternative to sugary sweets in children’s lunchboxes.
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Grow your own: Blackberries
A walk along any hedgerow in late summer and autumn will bring a tasty harvest of delicious blackberries from the brambles that weave their way through the undergrowth.
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Grow your own: Blueberries
Blueberries were the first of the ‘new’ wonder foods, to be followed by pomegranates, cranberries, grapes… but despite the hype, this fruit really is packed with vitamins and antioxidants.
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Grow your own: Cherries
The wonderful taste of ripe, juicy cherries, whether on their own or in tarts, pies and jams, is simply mouth watering; and thankfully this is one fruit that has everything going for it as far as our climate is concerned.
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Grow your own: Currants
Red, white and blackcurrants might be small, but they are extremely tasty and packed with health-promoting vitamins and antioxidants.
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Grow your own: Figs
Think of figs, or better still taste one, and you will immediately be transported to sunnier climes where the sun beats down all day, ripening this exotic-looking fruit to a deep, rich brown.
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Grow your own: Gooseberries
Native to Europe, gooseberries have been grown in the UK for centuries. They are extremely hardy and don’t need any protection here, except from birds who will steal the ripe berries. However, the culinary varieties can be very bitter and…
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Grow your own: Grapes
Grape vines have been grown in the UK for centuries having, like so many things, been introduced by the Romans.
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Grow your own: Peaches
Although peaches can certainly be grown outdoors in milder or more sheltered areas of the UK, their success is really reliant on the season.
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Grow your own: Pears
Pears are a very popular fruit in our supermarkets, but not the easiest to grow well in our gardens.
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Grow your own: Plums
Plums are addictive. Just plant a tree in your garden, wait for it to become heavily laden with ripe juicy fruit, as it surely will, and try to resist eating one, then another, then another…
