The wine-makers are ecstatic, fruit-growers are beaming, gardeners are awestruck and the squirrels are getting fat - 2025 has certainly been a bumper year for fruits, berries and nuts. Have you seen ...

I've always lived in the area, but I first got involved in cobnut growing about 25 years ago. When I was a student, I needed to earn some money, and a neighbour suggested I pick the cobnuts from the ...

Shelling out: crack open the downy green cobnut shells and nibble away to your heart’s content Credit: Photo: ALAMY If you’re eagle-eyed at this time of the year, you may spot small caches of green ...

Thirteen varieties of apple trees, all juicing varieties, have been planted on the farm alongside cobnut and broadleaf trees More than 1,000 apple, cobnut and broadleaf trees have been planted on an ...

You know autumn has well and truly arrived when baskets of cobnuts appear in the shops and friends who have trees in their garden are offering you their excess. My friend Jacquie Pearce-Gervis ...