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The Fruit trees
Garden transformation Part 11 – The Fruit Trees Buying a property with a 160ft long south facing boundary, it was just asking for a wall to be built and fruit planted along it. Luckily I am a self-taught amateur bricky, married to an excellent labourer. We started building the ‘great wall’ as it’s become jokingly known, in May 2014 and it wasn’t completed until October 2016 – other priorities in our new garden, bad backs and appendicitis got in the way! Who wants to climb a ladder to pick an Apple? I love the idea of an orchard, it sounds so idyllic, but it’s only really an option if you have…