This month is all about caring for citrus, preparing deciduous fruit trees for winter, planning for new fruit/nut or shelter trees, and harvesting nuts. Citrus Care Young developing fruits alert you to pay attention. The adult crop relies on actions taken now: good moisture, thinning, mulching and at this time of year – rat control […]
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February Fruit Tree To Do List
By | LastUpdated February 1, 2025
Fruit trees are peaking! I hope the grass and herbal ley are thigh high and you’re revelling in surround sound fruit – late plums, pears, apples and oh so peachy. A sight for sore eyes! As stone fruit are harvested, summer prune them. They’re best pruned now, rather than winter because silver-leaf spores aren’t on […]
October Fruit Tree To Do List
By | LastUpdated October 1, 2024
Loads to do in your food garden – both the vegie garden and fruit trees need you this month! Plan the weekends at home and get the family on board to work up a storm. It’ll set you up for a productive, healthy season ahead. All of Septembers jobs still apply – rinse and repeat […]
September Fruit Tree To-do List
By | LastUpdated September 1, 2024
The story of your fruit harvest starts now – in the rising of the sap and the swelling of the buds. It’s a tale told by the bees, as they go blossom to blossom; then taken up by a fruit that evades rats, possums, wind and rain. It’s a cycle, that if unbroken, creates baskets […]
