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Awesome Apples
Apple growing answers, from pruning to pests
Imagine never having to buy apples again! With just a few healthy and productive apple trees in your garden, it’s easy to grow a year’s supply for your family.
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Perfect Peaches
How to care for your peach trees from pruning through to harvest
OK, who has a special peach or nectarine memory? These versatile fruits are a popular garden tree for very good reason—with the right care (at the right time) they’ll provide abundant crops of delicious fruit year after year.
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Ample Apricots
Everything you need to know about growing and eating organic apricots
Imagine that summer taste explosion of sweet, ripe apricots, straight from the tree. There’s nothing quite as special as a beautiful and productive apricot tree in the garden, and even one tree can supply enough fruit for your family to eat fresh and preserve.
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Plump Pears and Quirky Quinces
Growing tips and recipes for organic pears and quinces
Longing for fresh fruit that will grow in autumn or winter? Do you want fruit that’s easy to grow with minimal input? Pears and quinces ripen late, store well, are hardy, and preserve marvelously; they deserve to be included in every serious food-grower’s garden!
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Cheeky Cherries
Get the juice on growing and preserving organic cherries
Cherries are tiny taste bombs! They are one of the most health-giving fruits to grow, not to mention the most delicious! Find out how easy it is to care for your cherry trees, and how to fill your pantry with delicious cherry treats.
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Precious plums
Everything you need to know about growing organic plums
Plum trees just about grow themselves—of all the fruit, they are the ones that need the least specialised care. Which may be why they’re so often ignored or underestimated!
Properly valued, plums are a practical and easy addition to your garden, and can add huge variety and colour to your dining table.
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Organic Citrus Manual – FREE!
A professional manual for organic citrus growers, by David Madge
Citrus are one of the most common and loved backyard fruit trees, but can also be some of the most problematic. We tracked down this incredible free resource, which draws on the knowledge of experienced organic citrus growers from around Australia, to answer your in-depth citrus questions.
© 2009 Rural Industries and Research Development Corporation
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Apple Fermentation Masterclass
Get the theory and practice of turning a glut of apples into a range of drinks that can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.
Do you grow or forage apples? Would you love to learn some new ways of converting your harvest into a range of delicious—and health giving—products?
In this 1.5-hour Masterclass, guest expert Paul “Speedy” Ward shows you how to turn your apple crop into juice, cider, apple cider vinegar, and shrub.
He explains easy-to-use techniques that don’t need loads of expensive equipment, because this Masterclass aims to return the lost art of cider and vinegar making to the home-grower, where it belongs.