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  • Potager of fruity hues

    Blog post by Tutti Fruit on 20 Jun 2010

    Fancy learning some Norwegian? Here's a great expression for you... 'TING TAR TID' (tid - pronounced 'tee') Remember those tiny seedlings and all that bare earth? I was fortunate to spend 7 days away working at the Chelsea Flower Show and when I came back the whole thing had just... Read more..

    Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, Fruit, Model Vegetable Garden, potager, apple, trained tree form, stepover, vegetable, lettuce, cabbage:potager, chamomile, veg, flower, wild strawberry, turnip, pea, bean, herb, ting tar tid, visit

  • Stepover makeover!

    Blog post by Tutti Fruit on 28 Mar 2010

    This is how the potager looked back in February. Box hedges dividing the plot( Buxus - no record of species or cultivars) - that one on the middle-left is completely out of proportion with the others. These plants can work beautifully in a formal potager, providing all year round interest. Also they... Read more..

    Tags: trainee, Fruit, Model Vegetable Garden, potager, apple, trained tree form, stepover

  • Trainee takes on Potager

    Blog post by Tutti Fruit on 17 Mar 2010

    Hello! I'm Sigrid a Trainee on the Fruit Department at Wisley and this year as part of my project work I get to re-design, plant up and look after the Potager, located in the Model Veg Garden. It's an exciting opportunity to create something hopefully both productive and aesthetically interesting... Read more..

    Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, Fruit, Model Vegetable Garden, potager, coursework

  • Apple stepovers have a new home

    Photo uploaded by Tutti Fruit on 28 Mar 2010

    Photo: Sara Draycott 17/03/2010 The revamp of the potager is underway, box hedging replaced by trained apple tree forms. Varieties include Apple 'Greensleeves', 'Katie', 'Charles Ross', 'Bountiful' and 'Sunset'. Read more..

    Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, model vegetable garden, potager, fruit, apple, stepover

  • ...come back again some time

    Photo uploaded by Tutti Fruit on 19 Jun 2010

    Photo: AW SHARP 10/6/2010 Foreground of netted spring cabbage 'Pyramid' (F1) with wild chamomile ( Matricaria recutita ) sown in between them. Potager beds are edged with poached egg plant ( Limnanthes douglasii ). To left and right of photo are dwarf bean 'Borlotto' and aa few lettuce... Read more..

    Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, model vegetable garden, potager, fruit, apple, stepover, veg, herb, cabbage, broad bean, pea, borlotto, poached egg plant, visit, dwarf bean, flower, trained tree

  • planting ideas for potager 2010

    Photo uploaded by Tutti Fruit on 09 Apr 2010

    Potager plan: SA Sharp January 2010 The geometric shapes are the bones of my design and these have been transfered to the plot using tape measures, string lines and bamboo canes. The position of crops within each section, may be subject to change. So you'll just have to pay a visit to the Model Veg... Read more..

    Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, model vegetable garden, potager, fruit, planting design, veg, companion plant, edible, herb

  • bed of stringy webs

    Photo uploaded by Tutti Fruit on 09 Apr 2010

    Photo:SA Sharp 25/03/2010 Planting design for potager measured and marked out using bamboo canes and string lines. Sand also used to 'draw' part of the pattern on the soil. Useful to visualize the design before the seeds and plants go in. Read more..

    Tags: trainee, RHS Garden Wisley, model vegetable garden, potager, fruit, planting design

  • Rosy hues

    Photo uploaded by Tutti Fruit on 19 Jun 2010

    Photo: SA SHARP 7/6/2010 Background of lettuce 'Bijou' and broad bean 'Crimson Flowered'. Read more..

    Tags: RHS Garden Wisley, model vegetable garden, potager, Lettuce Bijou, fruit, apple

  • ..munch,munch

    Photo uploaded by Tutti Fruit on 10 May 2010

    Photo: SA SHARP 7/5/2010 Pictured here on a leaf on an apple stepover in the potager, winter moth larvae on the munch (ever so quietly). Read more..

    Tags: RHS Garden Wisley, model vegetable garden, potager, fruit, apple, moth, pest, larvae, spring

  • Parasitic wasp?

    Photo uploaded by Tutti Fruit on 25 Apr 2010

    Photo: SA SHARP 22/04/2010 Not the best photographic angle for identification purposes, but the only chance I got! Read more..

    Tags: RHS Garden Wisley, model vegetable garden, potager, fruit, apple blossom, insect