Prop up your heavy laden fruit trees @stephenhayesuk

Prop up your heavy laden fruit trees @stephenhayesuk

Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

I know I've said this before, but it does no harm to repeat. Even with appropriate thinning, some branches will have more fruit than they can carry and branches may snap. This can be disastrous, especially with plums. Hazel forks are useful, we cut them from our substantial hazel coppice.

Prop up your heavy laden fruit trees

Apples from store in April

Pond part 3-the underlay

Filleting leg of lamb using an axe

Tree guard kills pear tree

Late autumn in the orchard

Perry pear grafting, after care of developing trees

mauve jellyfish in Scottish waters

Apple Variety Bakers Delicious

Update on the wildlife pond

Corrective pruning of cider apple trees after broken branches

killing machines over the orchard

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Prop up your heavy laden fruit trees