Plenty of nurseries still grow their young trees in the open ground and sell them bare-root. When they arrive, usually beautifully bound, unwrap them carefully and assess their dimensions before digging the holes to suit, one at a time, keeping the topsoil on one side and the subsoil on the other. Try it for size, then place a cone of soil in the bottom, resting the spread roots on top before building up the rest of the soil in layers, firming as you backfill. Any stake goes on the windward side, with the tie 1in below the top.
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Brockfield Hall, the great Yorkshire house that's gone from Regency mansion to modern family homeBrockfield Hall in North Yorkshire is the family home of Charlie Wood and Hatta Byng, editor of House & Garden, who have transformed it since they came here in 2020, winning multiple awards in the process. John Martin Robinson reports on the restoration project that revived this compact Regency house as a modern family home. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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Barbour’s heritage jackets get a floral makeover courtesy of ErdemUtilitarian outwear has taken the fashion world by storm and now Britain's world-famous wax jackets are getting in on the act, inspired by some of our greatest countryside icons.
