Albannach is an indulgent country-house hotel set in vast grounds studded with fruit trees.
Men, women, juveniles below deck, plants and little fruit trees in a greenhouse above.
Money has also been spent on persuading poppy farmers to grow alternative crops, like fruit trees or saffron.
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"One of my favorite things in life is pruning fruit trees, " he confided.
In China, Japan and Korea it kills elms, horse chestnut, poplars, maples, alders, willows and a range of fruit trees.
The whitewashed farmstead sits above terracing of fruit trees, and is surrounded by neat lawns bordered by a kaleidoscope of roses.
The sunny island with high mountains and deep valleys also provides herbs and aromatic plants, fruit trees and vegetables, wheat and barley.
It lacked doors, windows and running water, but it had a small vineyard and a grove of almond, olive and fruit trees.
The countryside around here forms some of Mali's richest farmland - flat fields of corn and rice interspersed with big fruit trees.
Two years ago, she began experimenting with unusual fruit trees and bushes, planting them along three terrace levels in front of her house.
Ornamental tree varieties like Jacaranda were also planted on the terraces to provide shade, as well as palm trees and fruit trees like papaya.
Although it is true that drought-resistant seeds will be needed as will low-chill fruit trees and root crops they are not likely to come from genetic engineering.
On the English section, you can at times count the ducks on a pond or the number of fruit trees in an orchard in Kent.
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And we have evidence of cases where fruit trees and other essentials, vegetables and so on, are being neglected or cleared in order to give space for maize cultivation.
Agricultural experts have suggested that fruit trees replace grain on the terraced Himalayan hillsides, but it is far from obvious that fruit would yield poor farmers a better return.
The campaign, which is part of a wider UK collaboration of conservation organisations, also encourages people to buy British fruit, support local producers and plant fruit trees in their gardens.
The French-style home sits on under an acre, onto which is also packed a small cabernet sauvignon grape vineyard, fruit trees, areas for entertaining, a pool and a guest house.
In London, a growing number of groups, including Abundance and Hackney Harvest, are promoting free, pick-it-yourself forays, with maps of fruit trees in the area to get you started.
In industrialised nations, such as the US and in Europe, many farms employ the services of commercial hives to pollinate fruit trees and food crops, and ensure they harvest adequate yields.
Here, an abundance of free-flowing freshwater springs support hundreds of thousands of olive and fruit trees and date palms, which also shade and cool the valley's mudbrick villages as they rest concealed in the greenery.
The trust's volunteer orchard surveyors will be given training on what to look out for in the survey which will record the species, age, and condition of the orchards and their fruit trees.
The Lord's Acre appears to have remained an orchard and kitchen garden to the castle's occupants for around 350 years, and many of the fruit trees there date from between 1300 and 1600.
Pledges can be personalised but suggested bee-friendly behaviours include growing your own bee-friendly food including fruit trees, tomatoes and soft fruits, and shopping for bee-friendly foods such as locally-sourced honey or organically farmed crops.
In rural areas like Araioses there are fruit trees, there are rivers to be fished, now there are free school meals and there is a sense of solidarity that encourages the sharing of food.
It calls for local authorities, schools and community groups to plant fruit trees in schools and community settings so children, families and the wider community can learn how to grow, harvest, and enjoy their own local seasonal fruit.
In Todmorden it has its own name -- the 'Incredible Edible' campaign -- and the local authorities are beginning to take notice, giving permission to plant 500 fruit trees around the local sports fields and promising to look for ways to expand the number of allotments available.
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His house in Altadena, a modest bungalow surrounded by exotic fruit trees that he and his wife planted, often serves as a late-night design-and-disputation forum, with a full bar in the living room. (When I visited on the day of the Curiosity landing, the mirror above the mantel was covered in half-erased equations.) The session at J.
Fruit and nut trees are the upper level, while below are berry shrubs, edible perennials and annuals.
The wardens then teach them how to forage for fruit, climb trees and generally fend for themselves.
Bancroft's succulent garden and is part of the 8-acre family compound, is well-tended, with mature plants and fruit-bearing trees.
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