Fruit trees, on the whole, do best with a living mulch, which is simply a covering of plants as in the photo above (yes that includes grass and weeds!) A living mulch is not only super fertile, but its loads easier for you too – read more about it here. There’s a time and place […]
Honey Butter Baked Apples
By Leave a Comment | LastUpdated June 1, 2025
When the Mayflower apples are ripe, this is the first thing I make. I love this recipe, they’re the best baked apples you’ll ever eat. And they’re great the next day – stirred through porridge, made into a crumble or eaten cold even (that’s me for ya). My fav is to use an old fashioned […]
June’s Fruit Tree To-Do List
By 53 Comments | LastUpdated June 1, 2025
Planting, mulching and pruning – that’s the order of events this month. Planting is by far the most important! Plant fruit trees Yippee do – deciduous fruit tree/ berry and vine planting time is upon us. I hope in all the excitement of new trees, you have the basics covered – matched up pollinators, matched […]
June In The Vegie Patch + Greenhouse
By 32 Comments | LastUpdated June 1, 2025
I’m not the only one who loves winter. Garlic, onions, all the brassica’s, chard, endive, parsley and all manner of leafy greens love winter too. Salads and beetroot survive it, but very slowly, so if you live in cooler places best grow them under cover from now on in. What to sow and plant in […]
June in the Vegie Patch, How to Mulch Fruit Trees + Honey Butter Apples
By 7 Comments | LastUpdated June 1, 2025
This month I’m diverted from the Healthy Soil Project in response to questions about mulching fruit trees. When I realised I didn’t have this info on the website, I just had to remedy it because mulching time is nigh and so I bring you How to mulch fruit trees – hot off the press: the […]
The Healthy Soil Project #2: Sort Drainage + Compaction
By 10 Comments | LastUpdated May 1, 2025
For soil to be in good health, water and air and roots must be able to easily flow through. When they cannot because of compaction or poor drainage, soil health never quite lands. Compaction is generally an easy fix, and mostly drainage is too – though not always. For gardens on a high water table, […]
