How do you water your fruit trees? If you said a bucket or hose...this article is for you! The more automatic and easy you can make your watering system, the more likely it is that your trees will get enough water when they need it. Whether yo [...]

Being able to work out how much water your fruit trees need will allow you to design the perfect irrigation system, and help you get the most out of your trees. Read the article in Summer - Week 5.

Native to Eurasia, so usually considered a weed in Australia, it’s an annual herb with a taproot, which grows from seeds that germinate anytime from autumn to spring. It flowers from late winter to spring. Read the article in Spring - Week 9. [...]

In an organic garden, instead of using chemicals to kill problem insects, we use a whole toolbox of other ways of thwarting them, and one of the easiest and most effective is to provide a barrier that they just can’t overcome! Barriers are mos [...]

Recycling fallen fruit, prunings, and other garden ‘waste’ back into the soil is part of a healthy nutrient cycle in an organic garden, but needs to be done in such a way as to reduce the chance of spreading disease. This week we show you how [...]

Also called wireweed, birdstongue, cowgrass, and pigweed, knotgrass grows prostrate (low to the ground), and is very hardy and drought proof, growing even in really poor soil (though it will get much bigger in better soil). It grows with a bur [...]

Large pests such as rabbits, hares, kangaroos, wallabies—or maybe domestic ‘pests’ like sheep or goats—are mainly a problem for your actual fruit trees, rather than the fruit. To guard against them and protect your trees, it’s important to kno [...]

Leaf curl is yet another fungal disease that attacks fruit trees, and one of the most annoying. Luckily, it only attacks peaches and nectarines, and is (mostly) preventable - as long as you notice when the buds  start swelling, and get the spr [...]

There are many different virus diseases of stone fruit and pome fruit (apple and pear) trees. They can affect fruit (size, shape and quality), but what you’re more likely to notice is the symptoms on the leaves, especially colour patterns and [...]

Monitoring your fruit trees regularly is one of your best tools in the fight against pests and diseases, as it helps you respond quickly before a problem has got out of control. Weekly visits throughout spring, summer and autumn help you get t [...]

Many plants we think of as weeds are also herbs, and contrary to popular belief, are often doing more good than harm. Read the article in Autumn - Week 2.

In this article we give you a checklist of things to do to help keep your young trees thriving through the summer months,. Read the article in Summer - Week 3.