If you want to grow your own fruit tree - winter is the perfect time to start. In the winter many fruit trees are sold ‘bare root’ which is literally what it sounds like, they dig up the tree and you buy it with its roots in a bag, no soil. These trees are cheaper than potted ones and online or at a large garden centre you can find a huge variety of options. Bare roots trees have to be planted in winter when the plant is dormant - so now is the time! This pear tree has lived many lives, it was g