Peter Thoday and Harry Dodson plant a Maltster cooking apple in the kitchen garden.
Thought to be lost, the Maltster was re-produced from the last known remaining tree in the Brogdale collection in Kent.
Watch out for the whip and tongue grafting of a scion to the root stock bound in clay, straw and cow manure.
Stored potatoes are removed from their frost free clamp to feed the big house during the dormant months of winter.
In the forcing house, sea Kale is almost ready to pick and rhubarb is harvested in time for Christmas.
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