How to Prune Tamarillos
Edible Backyard How to Prune Tamarillos Such floppy, breaky trees! Strengthen your Tamarillo and create a robust, stocky shape with a good spring prune. This is especially important if your tree has to...
View ArticleHow to Prune Passionfruit
Edible Backyard How to Prune Passionfruit Passionfruits, fruit on new seasons growth. Just like grapes. In both cases, an annual prune makes good sense. It cleans out the old, unproductive wood,...
View ArticleOctober Fruit Tree To Do List
Edible Backyard October Fruit Tree To Do List Loads to do in your food garden – both the vegie garden and fruit trees need you this month! Plan the weekends at home and get the whanau on board to work...
View ArticleNovember Fruit Tree To Do List
Edible Backyard November Fruit Tree To Do List November is when the first summer fruits really get a roll on – grapes, currants and berries are forming revealing the harvest to come. Keep an eye on...
View ArticleDecember Fruit Tree To Do List
Edible Backyard December Fruit Tree To Do List Fruit trees look kinda static – bark and leaf and limbs, but they’re super dynamic within. Hormones, enzymes, sugars – much goes on as they constantly...
View ArticleJanuary Fruit Tree To Do List
Edible Backyard January Fruit Tree To Do List One of the most important tasks this month, is to check in on newly planted fruit trees. Check the soil beneath the mulch, and if its dry give it a […]...
View ArticleHow to Summer Prune Stonefruit
Edible Backyard How to Summer Prune Stonefruit Plums, Apricots, Peaches, Nectarines, Almonds and Cherries are all stonefruit and best pruned in summer when they finish fruiting. There's a few good...
View ArticleFebruary Fruit Tree To Do List
Edible Backyard February Fruit Tree To Do List Last week we dropped in to visit our old garden, and the new owners – Matt + Laura. I was dazzled with abundance! It’s only been 6 weeks, but I’d […]...
View ArticleMarch Fruit Tree To Do List
Edible Backyard March Fruit Tree To Do List Young trees need to be at the fore front throughout summer. This month, take stock of yours. Rescue may well be on your radar depending on how the weather’s...
View ArticleMake a Frost Shelter for Young Citrus + Avo’s
Edible Backyard Make a Frost Shelter for Young Citrus + Avo’s Autumn is the time of year to think about tucking your young citrus and tender subtropicals (eg: tamarillo, banana, passionfruit + avocado)...
View ArticleApril Fruit Tree To Do List
Edible Backyard April Fruit Tree To Do List Here’s a quick checklist of fruit tree jobs for you to ensure you are taking care of all the essentials that’ll grow yourself a juicy citrus crop and prep...
View ArticleMay in the Vegie Patch, Choose the Right Rootstock + Prep Asparagus for Spring
Edible Backyard May in the Vegie Patch, Choose the Right Rootstock + Prep Asparagus for Spring May is an awesome month to get ready for planting fruit trees this winter. As you work out what you want...
View ArticleBoost Your Fruit Trees This Autumn
Edible Backyard Boost Your Fruit Trees This Autumn Leaves are turning gold and starting to fall, marking the end of a cycle of growth and the beginning of another as the leaf donates its goodness back...
View ArticleMay Fruit Tree To Do List
Edible Backyard May Fruit Tree To Do List May is the perfect month to get prep’d for winter fruit + shelter tree planting. A little bit of tree research goes a long way! As does my favourite stake […]...
View ArticleHow to Plant + Prune Deciduous Fruit Trees
Edible Backyard How to Plant + Prune Deciduous Fruit Trees Fruit trees perform better by far when grown in native soil – ie soil that’s original to your site. Deciduous fruit trees don’t need compost +...
View ArticleHow to Choose Your Fruit Trees Well
Edible Backyard How to Choose Your Fruit Trees Well Your goal, in choosing your fruit trees, is to match them to your environment – both the rootstock (bottom) and scion (tops). When well matched, your...
View ArticleJune’s Fruit Tree To-Do List
Edible Backyard June’s Fruit Tree To-Do List Woodash + A Beneficial Mow Lightly sprinkle lime or wood ash from the fire, over top of fallen leaves and roughly mow – as in with a weed eater, scythe […]...
View ArticleJuly’s Fruit Tree To-Do List
Edible Backyard July’s Fruit Tree To-Do List Winter is tree planting season, so I’m including all trees, in this months to do list. Make the most of this seasonal planting opportunity! As well as...
View ArticleNotching: A Cool Pruning Trick
Edible Backyard Notching: A Cool Pruning Trick Notching is a simple, old school trick that stimulates a branch to grow. Use it while training young, deciduous fruit trees to fill any empty spaces that...
View ArticleHow + When to Prune Citrus
Edible Backyard How + When to Prune Citrus Citrus are my favourite trees to prune. Especially thick, thorny, over grown ones – they restore so quickly and beautifully when you use mainly thinning cuts....
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