After a particularly dry spring we are now having a very wet spell with some flooding last week. The wet weather here last week is certainly a mixed blessing. Obviously you do need rainfall especially as the dam empties which happened last year. But once I get my irrigation going in many ways I can do a better job supplying water than coping with … Continue reading →
Last week say the 5th May we picked the last of the apples. These were mainly ‘granny Smith’ and ‘sundowners’. But our main activity now is cleaning up the paddocks and getting things tidied away before winter overtakes us. We have had a good year but have been rather busy just keeping things ticking along that maintenance has gotten out of hand. KPICASA_GALLERY(autumn … Continue reading →
Fertiliser was spread on all paddocks today. We have a rotary spreader with an agitator built in . The blend used was that recommended by Impact based on the soil sample taken from one of the rows of the Eureka Paddock orchard. The same mix was spread over all paddocks at about 300-400kg/ha. The blend used was adjusted as follows the trace element manganese sulphate … Continue reading →
We are getting things ready again. Shop is going in a nice simple manner. Coffee and biscuits. Icecreams and jams and chutneys available again. Quite a few orders coming in for our jams not just through the internet but also via our retail outlets stocking up for the summer. We have resisted price increase so far as we know a lot of businesses are … Continue reading →
