Found 11 results tagged with 'fruit'

Plums

A bumper crop of plums this year. We have been eating them, freezing them, giving them away and trading into the community.
With several trees yet to ripen there is no end in sight.January 08, 2010  plums  trade  organic fruit  freezing 

Dealing with plums

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Pruning fruit and nut trees

Time of year for pruning, and an attempt to improve the shape of the trees for easier picking.

Our orchard has a number of large trees as well as a collection of younger ones, all require attention.June 16, 2010  Fruit  Trees  Pruning  Almond 

Flavour of the day - Raspberry

Details  Over the past few weeks we've been getting the odd handful of berries off our small patch of raspberry canes.
Today I noticed they were dripping with fruit. Some so ripe they fell off as I brushed past the plant.
It's going to be raspberries and ice-cream for desert.Date  March 08, 2010Tags    Raspberry  Berries  Cane Fruit 

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Pomegranates

We have a small pomegranate tree down the back of the garden. Last year it had 1 small, hard, dry fruit.
This season, after a vigorous pruning, we got 2 plump fruit bursting with pink seeds.
The inside is somewhat like a passionfruit, although not as sweet and tasty unfortunately.May 28, 2011  pomegranate  fruit  ripe 

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The bees and the bees

With the invasion of the varroa bee mite there has been a reduction in the number of nearby hives (both wild and domestic).

I was surprised and relieved to witness a large number of bumble and honey bees servicing the apricot tree.

This photos shows one of the more wild bees. Notice the dark colouring, where 'normal' bees are orange an black striped.September 05, 2011  pollination  bees  blossoms  fruit  apricot  orchard 

Grafting

Grafting is the process of adding a known, desirable tree onto existing, growing roots. This can be done for a number of reasons such as having many types of fruit to one tree or influencing the characteristics of the tree such as size, soil requirements and disease resistance.  graft  fruit  trees 

Scion wood & cuttingsGrafting rootstocks for different types of tree

Feijoa

Common name  feijoa, pineapple guavaLatin name  Acca sellowianaDiameter  4.00Height (m)  4Family  MyrtaceaeDrought tolerance  Edible  Fruit / berries  Evergreen  Flowers  PinkPerennial  Forest layer  shrubPropigation method  GraftRating  

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Shade / Sun  Full sunTags    hedge  autumn  fruit 

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Greenhouse

Details  A well designed, large greenhouse is great way to grow plants that otherwise would have a limited season or not be possible to grow at all. Here we are growing (from left to right) tomatoes, purple passion fruit, thai ginger (galangal) and babaco (mountain pawpaw)Date  December 23, 2014Tags    glasshouse  tomato  passion fruit  galangal  babaco 

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Blackberries

Wild blackberries are a bit of a curse round here, growing rampantly wherever they can. However at this time of year they redeem themselves somewhat by offering up sweet berries.
In addition to the thorny wild plants, we have a thornless variety in the garden that produces larger, more accessible berries.
February 16, 2010  Blackberries  weed  fruit 

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Peaches

Our crop of peaches came ready unexpectedly early. Thanks to the wet season they are sensationally juicy.

As with the plums we have more than we know what to do with and so jam making was in order.
February 15, 2010  Peach  Jam  Preserve  Fruit 

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Drying Fruit

Another way of dealing with surplus fruit is to dry them in the sun for use over winter.

Use a simple wooden frame with fine mesh / gauze stretched over and then place the cut fruit and put the whole contraption out in the sun.February 17, 2010  Fruit  Drying  Preserve  Summer 

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