This stops disease going from tree to tree and enables the fruit to form, with the help of air, sun and rain. If the trees are close together, you need to prune the branches to create an ‘air’ passage between them, by pruning the branches, ideally two metres distance, to allow circulation of air around your trees. Once you have done this, cut all this away from the tree. Instead, start slowly and examine each tree, looking for dead wood, disease and mistletoe. Do not be in too much of a hurry to use them as fire wood. Many French gardens have old orchards, with trees that have not been pruned in years. Their services can be expensive, so you need to be sure of what you’re paying for. Before engaging them, ask to see their qualifications and if possible visit some of their finished work. Throughout France there are many landscape designers, who advertise. Remember – large gardens need a lot of work to maintain, especially in spring when you can almost see the grass grow in front of your eyes! Do you want one that costs a lot, both in time and money to keep looking good or would a wilder garden that gives colour and is easier to maintain be better for you? If you want a vegetable garden, where will that be? Do you want all year round colour? If so, from where will you see it? If you have vast tracts of land would a meadow work? And then there’s wildlife to consider. Help! What to do?īefore you make any big decisions – essentially, before you start spending money – you need to work out what you want. In the UK they had a small back garden with an even smaller front garden and suddenly they have an acre of garden. Having a nursery business in France, we have had many enquiries from people moving here to live permanently and one of the most common issues is the different size of garden.
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