There’s a small window, a perfect moment when fruit is ripe for picking. The only way you catch it is by keeping an eye on your crops. With a plum harvest, I reckon it’s just before it hits the ground. Pick your plums when the skin has that gorgeous dusky bloom on it and when […]
How To Bird Net Your Fruit Trees
By | LastUpdated December 1, 2024
There is only one sure way to keep the birds off your fruit – and that’s to bird net.
Tomato Onion Pie
By | LastUpdated February 1, 2021
This here is one of my all time favourite summer dinners. Add a salad and a baked potato or some fresh fish or a good sausie. Mmmmm, life is good.
The First Espalier Prune of the Season
By | LastUpdated December 29, 2022
A quick prune of the upward shoots on your espalier keeps things fruitful and promotes fresh shoots. Go along each branch and reduce long upward shoots back to 2 or 3 buds. How simple is that. Where there is a cluster of shoots, thin them out leaving about 20cm between each one. Completely remove the […]
Tahini + Orange Biscuits
By | LastUpdated December 1, 2020
Fudgy and oh so tasty. We be lovin these sweet somethings from My New Roots. 2cups almond meal or flour ** 1 tsp cinnamon¼ tsp ground star anise ¼ tsp ground cardamon ½ tsp sea salt pinch black pepper ½ cup maple syrup ¾ cup runny tahini 2 tsp vanilla zest of 1 orange Preheat […]
Natural Ways With Pests
By | LastUpdated January 12, 2024
Heat and harvest come to this – pests. It’s easy to malign them, “Damn things!” But pests are not malicious. They’ve come because you’ve served dinner. Aphids, leafhoppers, scale, thrips, green vegetable bugs – put a feed out, create the perfect environment and they will come! Pests are just a part of playing in nature […]
