A workshop to boost your pruning confidence. Good pruning = good fruiting! Compact and productive fruit trees can happen  Though the best (and simplest) time to start is when trees are young – wild and woolly trees can be tamed too. We'll begin the day at Dave and Raewyns (454 Takapu Rd, Tawa) with all the […]

A workshop to boost your pruning confidence. Good pruning = good fruiting! Compact and productive fruit trees can happen  Though the best (and simplest) time to start is when trees are young – wild and woolly trees can be tamed too. We'll begin the day with all the basics: Tools, when to prune, choosing a shape, […]

A workshop to boost your pruning confidence. Good pruning = good fruiting! Compact and productive fruit trees can happen  Though the best (and simplest) time to start is when trees are young – wild and woolly trees can be tamed too. We'll begin the day with all the basics: Tools, when to prune, choosing a shape, […]

A workshop to boost your pruning confidence. Good pruning = good fruiting! Compact and productive fruit trees can happen  Though the best (and simplest) time to start is when trees are young – wild and woolly trees can be tamed too. We'll begin the day with all the basics: Tools, when to prune, choosing a shape, […]

A workshop to boost your pruning confidence. Good pruning = good fruiting! Compact and productive fruit trees can happen  Though the best (and simplest) time to start is when trees are young – wild and woolly trees can be tamed too. We’ll begin the day with all the basics: Tools, when to prune, choosing a shape, […]

The greenhouse is my saviour! A toasty warm environment that extends the season an extra 3 months either side, allowing me to easily provide homegrown vegetables for the family year round. It is a tricky beast though - sucking insects flourish, soil looses its omph easily and disease explodes in the moist, warm air. This […]

This workshop is for those of you (like me) who live outside of the easy loam zone on sand or heavy clay ... the enemies of Avocado and Citrus. You can still do it! Today I'm sharing all my tricks. Mid to late spring is the very best time to plant so lets grab the […]

Come along and check out my spring vegie patch, see my summer garden preps and all the things I'm doing to keep a steady flow of kai to our table. I'll be sharing my tips for growing kumara, yams, shelloutbeans and tomatoes. Intercropping is a groovy way to jam more crops in and encourage a […]

In order to carry abundant crops, fruit trees must be healthy and strong... today is your fruit tree's lucky day! Deciduous trees eg: apples, peaches, plums, apricots, pears, persimmon, are our focus here. How to thin fruit. What a difference thinning makes! Thinning keeps the pressure off your trees and creates steady cropping year after […]

The greenhouse is my saviour! A toasty warm environment that extends the season an extra 3 months either side, allowing me to easily provide homegrown vegetables for the family year round. It is a tricky beast though – sucking insects flourish, soil looses its omph easily and disease explodes in the moist, warm air. This […]