Wholesale enquiries Northland Paperplus Kerikeri Auckland Unity Books Auckland Time Out Bookstore Auckland Waikato Poppies Books Hamilton Carson’s Bookstore, Thames Bay of Plenty Mcleods Books Rotorua Books A Plenty Tauranga Paperplus Matamata Hawkes Bay Wardini Books Napier GreenDoor Garden Centre Havelock Manawatu + Whanganui Paper Plus Levin Edible Garden Ashhurst Bruce McKenzie Books Palmerston North Paige’s […]
Search Results for: fruit tree pruning
How To Grow Avocado
By | LastUpdated November 2, 2023
Growing a good supply of avocado’s for the team has long been my dream because we eat loads of them. Its taken me 10 years, but we’ve done it – and a steady supply of beautiful buttery avocados from September through May is ours. Is Your Garden Suitable? Warm, super sheltered, and free draining are […]
From a Notch Springs a Branch
By | LastUpdated July 31, 2020
This time last year I wrote you about notching, an old fashioned technique that turns a bud into a branch, on a fruit tree. You do this when there’s a gap in the trees framework and you wish a branch to fill it. (Tree’s don’t always share our vision – a bit of coercion is […]
Shelter from the Storm
By | LastUpdated April 25, 2022
Shelter makes our land energy efficient. Without shelter vegetables and animals produce less, bees hate the wind so our fruit trees don’t get pollinated, blossoms and fruit get blown off. If we don’t protect ourselves – we use more energy to produce less, simple as that. Before we can create good shelter, we must understand […]
