A Pre Prune Ponder

Hang out with your deciduous fruit trees this month to consider your winter pruning. What a difference this virtual run through makes on pruning day! Regardless of whether you are full of confidence or a beginner, we all prune better by far when we are connected to our trees. Each tree is different, you see. […]

What to Do About Leaf Curl

Leaf curl will be showing up in your stonefruit about now – spring being the time when fungus comes out to play. My preference is to eliminate trees that religiously go down with severe leaf curl year on year – it signals to me, that they aren’t well suited to my place. For the ease […]

Make a Harvest Calendar

Before you buy fruit trees, make a super useful harvest calendar for a clear overview of the fruiting year. A big help in choosing varieties that stagger the harvest and spread workload. Before we map it out – lets double check you’re ready to go. Tick off the following steps and set yourself on the […]

Spring Feed for Deciduous Fruit Trees, Citrus, Passionfruits + Strawberries

The orchard is waking up. Hurrah! blossom will soon be here. The trees sleep is over, and so is the gardeners – it’s time to get on the job! Make it a habit to wander your trees regularly – better than any fertiliser is this friendship that happens, when you spend time with your trees. […]