Winter in the orchard
There’s no fruit to pick right now. Our trees stand graceful with a sculptural beauty in their leafless winter dormancy. Pruned and fed they are saving resources and soaking in the winter chill as they get ready to burst into blossom in spring for fruit in...
Autumn gold
My little cover crop is coming up beautifully. We cultivated and planted every second row through the orchard, trying to remove and outcompete the weedy, clumpy paspalum grass and bring some life and organic matter back into the soils. The barley has sprinted away...
2019 Cherry season closed
And that’s it – our most unpredictable cherry season is closed … we’ve no cherries left to pick. Thank-you to all who visited our orchard or met our cherry express. The cherries really were the boss this season… driven by some extreme...