Despite a decimating summer, trees are a country gardener's ally

By Fiona Ogilvie
March 26 2017 - 4:00am
Medlars (Mespilus germanica) are fruiting prolifically despite the dry summer and can make great jelly. In a summer that has taken casualties medlars have been a stand out.
Medlars (Mespilus germanica) are fruiting prolifically despite the dry summer and can make great jelly. In a summer that has taken casualties medlars have been a stand out.

Returning from the coast recently, in despair over my drought-decimated garden, I was heartened to see a gleam of pink in the dry shade of a crab apple tree.

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