Growing fruit and nut trees
Trees are amazing things. If suitable species are planted in appropriate locations they will flourish with little input or care. A cropping tree will, over the course of its life, provide a huge amount of edible produce.
August, Plums and more
Pruning fruit and nut trees
First blossoms of the season
Planting and pruning
Scything like it's 1809
The bees and the bees
The way of the swale
My first attempt at a small swale follows the contour line on a northwest facing slope below an existing track. Because of the small size I was able to dig this by hand over 2 periods, using an A-frame level. Over the course of the next few months we will be scattering the kitchen scraps along the length for the chooks to work over, adding their manure and nutrients from the kitchen. Finally it will be planted up in a variety of different plants from ground covers, bulbs and shrubs to fruit and firewood trees.
12 Jun 2011
Creating a pond
Date:29 May 2011
Last of the apples
Both of these trees have been improved with supporting / companion plants such as bulbs, foxgloves, lupins and strawberries.
18 May 2011