10 ways to prevent sunburn on your fruit
Sunburn on fruit is devastating. You can’t control the weather, but you can use these 10 tips for managing your fruit trees to prevent damage.
Slugs on fruit tree leaves
The damage that pear and cherry slug causes on your fruit tree can look terrible. However it may only need minimal control.
Permaculture and fruit growing
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes If you’re into fruit growing, there’s a good chance you’ve also heard about permaculture. And if you haven’t, you’re going to love learning about it! We did our first permaculture course back in 2009....What Do You Call a Gathering of Organic Orchardists?
A couple of weeks ago we got to do something we hardly ever do – hang out with a bunch of other organic apple growers. It may seem strange that this is a rare and unusual event, but it’s the result of a couple of slightly unfortunate circumstances. The...Unsung farming heroes – Week 9 RIRDC Rural Women’s Award
Just recently, I’ve been lucky enough to meet one of my local heroes. This is Margaret, one of the early apple tree growers in our district. She and her husband had a very famous nursery that specialised in heritage apples, and they grew more than 500 varieties....