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If you want to know how to prune fruit trees then you would struggle to find anyone better than leading orchard owner – Matthew Foster, to show you the current best practice. Owner and manager of Dingle farm in Worcestershire, Matthew has been running his orchard of stone fruits for over ten years and produces arguably the best cherry crop in the country. So why not join us as we pick his brains on the best way to prune fruit trees. If you would like to see more content like this then check out the other videos on our YouTube channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’. It is absolutely free to subscribe to and if you click onto the notification ‘bell’ icon then you can be notified whenever a new video is published.

Monsoon in the Western Ghats and waterfall holidays are synonymous. This wet season brings to life many waterfalls and streams and their tropical setting, lush environment and thunderous force simply absorbs all of your mental and physical stress. One such tropical waterfall is the Talasi Abbi falls that lies hidden in the Western Ghats between Mastikatte and Tirthahalli in the Malnad region of Karnataka. The place is so remote that you might lose your way a couple of times before you find the right path. And unlike the more popular waterfalls of the Western Ghats, there will be hardly any people here. At the maximum, there might be one or two groups in addition to yours. And unlike the bigger waterfalls, you can actually get close to this waterfall and enjoy a shower right under it. To me, Talasi Abbi falls is the perfectly hidden waterfall holiday during the monsoons. The green environment, the pristine waterfall, the mountain stream, the sounds of nature, the short tropical trek, th