ORCHARDS: PRACTICAL ORCHARDING FOR A CHANGING PLANET. By Andrew Lear and Margaret Lear.

2023 1st edition. Large 8vo (195 x 253mm). Pp176. Colour photographs and b/w line illustrations throughout, brief bibliography. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

Sound advice for the would-be orchard-owner ..."this book contains everything you need to know about how, when and why practical tasks should be carried out to establish a productive orchard, vibrant with wildlife." Chapters include: Planning your orchard; Choose your trees; Grafting; A time to plant; The early years; Blossom time; The orchard in summer; From tree to table; Winter pruning and taming tangled trees; Orchard pests and how to confound them; Orchard diseases and disorders; The holistic orchard.