Backyard and Outdoor Living

Summer fruits

1. PEACHES AND NECTARINES

tone fruit like peaches and nectarines are the essence of summer. I’m particularly fond of mouth-watering white-fleshed varieties, but I love growing a range of different peaches and nectarines that fruit at varying times over summer to give us an extended harvest season. Dwarf peach and nectarine trees are

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