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We have a maturing mulberry tree which, this year, already looks as though it will produce a bumper crop of fruit.But we also have many bird visitors! So my concern is how best to protect the tree from the birds and in a way that wont harm the birds, either.

As the manager of our allotment society I have been asked to find out what we can use against blight now that Bordeaux mixture is no longer available. Can you suggest something?

This year my peach tree got peach curl for the first time. I did try a spray from the garden centre but it didn?t work. What can I use to keep my tree happy and healthy?

I have a 6ft fence on which I hope to put an armandi clematis. Is the starter gripple kit suitable for the job? Do I require anything else to do the job? What are these vine eyes a reviewer mentions

I was wondering if it is possible to erect small temporary green house, tall enough to shelter shrubs in winter

I need top strong netting for a cage 11ft and 11ft plus enough for overhang. Please advise cost etc

I've got a small gooseberry bush with gooseberries which are currently about pea-size, and a small Cox?s Pippin apple tree which is about 2 years old and just starting to grow apples; I presume I need to cover these with netting to stop the birds or butterflies eating the fruit, please can you advise which type of netting I need

I have some fruit trees in our 1935 built house. The three Apple trees we have were probably planted soon after it was built.. The middle one is s particularly heavy cropper of Bramley apples which one by one fall to the ground, many with brown rot but others with good big fruit until they fall to the ground when the in bruising starts.

I am designing a 4.00m length of cordon apple trees for my client. I could either specify 3 x pressure treated softwood timber posts 2.40m long, with 1.80m above ground, plus 3 horizontal rows of 2mm wire with tensioners at one end of each.