Stinging nettle is the food gardeners, best mate. Loaded to the brim with minerals and vitamins, at service to the plant kingdom entire, and you and I also – a little wilted nettle with a fried egg is a fine spring breakfast. Amazing at anytime in its cycle for foliar feeds, but when nettle is […]
How to Prune Passionfruit
By | LastUpdated October 3, 2022
Passionfruits, fruit on new seasons growth. Just like grapes. In both cases, an annual prune makes good sense. It cleans out the old, unproductive wood, keeping our fruiting plants open for light and airflow which is a two step that prevents sucking insects building large populations. Pruning stimulates shooting – and with the old, unproductive […]
How to Prune Tamarillos
By | LastUpdated September 29, 2022
Such floppy, breaky trees! Strengthen your Tamarillo and create a robust, stocky shape with a good spring prune. This is especially important if your tree has to cope with wind. If you are planting new Tams this spring, follow along in all my Citrus planting ways. Free drainage, living soil + frost free are the […]
My Healthy Fruit Tree Game Plan
By | LastUpdated November 2, 2023
A diverse environment around your deciduous fruit trees is the answer to all your fruit tree problems. Yes! Truly! All of them! Get a bit wild, my friends and loose the tidy. Engage as broad a range of plants, trees, shrubs, a pond if you can – even a small one and perhaps an animal […]
