It may look lovely but April can only be described as a month of destruction in our garden… It began with the apple step-overs.  One of the first things we planted when we arrived at Crofton over 20 years ago, this is an old espaliering technique where you cut out the leader at the first pair of lateral branches so it is low enough to step over (hence the name).  It is only small garden area, one we walk past daily and yet had slipped beneath our view over the years, until now… To be honest the makeover was fuelled by an idea that had been brewing for a while.…