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The Mums who planted more than a seed to unite their local community

7th March 2020

Meet Emma, Rachel and Janet: the mums with a mission! Along with other local mothers from Sale in South Manchester, they set out to improve their local park and ended up bringing almost 1,000 people from the community together in honour of apples. Their much-loved orchard is now a very special community asset, which will […]

Where do apples come from?

21st November 2019

Mountains in Almaty, with wild apple trees in foreground

Harvest season is over and now we can eat, bake, preserve and generally enjoy the fruits of our collective labour. But when you take a bite of an apple do you ever stop to ask – where did apples originate from? And how did they end up here in Britain? Where did apples originate from? […]

Has your apple pie run dry? 10 alternatives to use up surplus apples

10th September 2019

It’s September and the apples are in abundance! If you’re lucky (and skilled) enough to have a great crop of apples this year, but unsure what to do with them, this post is for you. Perhaps your relatives have had enough jars of apple chutney for Christmas, and there is only so much apple crumble […]

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 […]

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