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Stephanie Irvine

To Bee or Not To Bee..

30th October 2021

A bee-keeper holding up a honeycomb.

by Stephanie Irvine, one of our London Project Managers.  We need to talk about honey bees! Many urban community orchards want to keep bee hives, and you can understand why. Honey bees are fascinating creatures, they pollinate your fruit trees and produce delicious honey. What’s not to like? The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is only […]

Which Bloomin’ Blossom is it? Our guide to blossom timing

17th April 2020

We may be spending most of our time indoors at the moment, but there are still opportunities to enjoy spring unfolding its sequence of fruit tree blossom. Whether you’re looking at street trees from your window, in your garden, or in the park during your exercise walks, now is the time to relish beautiful blossom, […]

London’s Historical Fruitscape: Discovering the rare and ancient Apple Varieties that go into our Cider

14th November 2018

What do Bismarck, Lord Derby and Arthur W Barnes have in common? (Answer below the image…)   …They are all heritage apple varieties that go into our hand-pressed London juice and cider! One of the many things which makes our Local Fox Cider so unique, is that it’s made entirely of apples and pears grown […]

When should you pick Apples?

24th August 2017

We’re noticing this year that people are picking apples much earlier than usual. Is that because the fruit is ready much earlier, or are people getting anxious and picking too early?  Here are some pointers we thought might be useful: Apples are ripe at different times, depending on the variety. You get early, mid and […]

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