Should you prune in summer?
There’s a lot of confusion about when is the best time to prune fruit trees, but we reckon it’s much easier to approach pruning with the mantra that there’s no “right” or “wrong”, there’s just cuts, and consequences. We...
How to Make Pink Lady Apples Pink
Do you grow Pink Lady apples? Ever wondered why sometimes they’re a gorgeous dark pink colour… Beautiful dark pink Pink Lady apples … and sometimes they’re pale? These two examples are both from the same trees at our farm (in different years)....
When should you pick your almonds?
Apart from all the fruits that are grown commercially in the orchards on our farm, we also have a pretty big garden, with a wide variety of fruit and nut trees, including 8 almond trees (2 each of 4 different varieties) under net. We’re big fans of nut trees in...
Does fruit love rain?
As a fruit grower, lying in bed listening to rain on the roof can bring up a wide range of emotions, from joy to despair! In our typical dry summers most people welcome rain when it comes, so it never seems appropriate for us to express concern about the damage it can...