Vegetable garden virtual tour
This virtual tour of a productive community vegetable garden will inspire and delight you, and is full of great ideas you can borrow.
A secret weapon to protect fruit from extreme weather
Find out the secret weapon that can help protect your fruit against the extreme weather events which are becoming more frequent.
Five things we wish we’d known when we started
We wish we’d known these five things when we started fruit growing to help us become better fruit growers much faster.
5 steps to keep your worm farm happy
Worms hate hot weather, and cold weather, and don’t like it too wet or too dry, but with the right care, they are powerhouse workers.
5 tips for picking fruit at the right time
Picking fruit at the right stage of tree-ripeness is the key to eating fruit that tastes as good as your childhood memories.
Apricot bottling and a recipe for berry tarts
Summer is the best time to bottle apricots for eating in winter, and a great time to eat summer fruit fresh and in desserts.
Why we teach organic fruit growing
Our rustic home-made videos are designed to help you to learn how to grow organic fruit. If we can make videos, you can grow fruit.
Cherry pie and other cherry delights
Cherry pie is a very delicious way of using spare cherries, and a wonderful festive food to include on your Christmas table.
How much water is enough?
How much water do your fruit trees need? Follow our simple 5-step plan to set up a watering system that’s both efficient and effective.
Which apricots make the most delicious jam?
We get a lot of questions in apricot season about which apricots are best for jam. There are dozens of different varieties of apricot available to grow, so it's a fair question! Old Australian favourites include Trevatt and Moorpark apricots (see a Moorpark above)....
Creating community through gardening
Fruit growing in your backyard can be very solitary, but community gardening can be a great way to come together to share skills & grow food.
Too many white peaches…
There’s no such thing as too many white peaches as long as you have the capacity to deal with gluts when they happen.