The 2026 picking season of black currants has started. We are now sending blackcurrants by Express Post to Eastern States of Australia. These are fresh, vacuum sealed and can be eaten fresh or frozen when they reach their destination hopefully … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →In my last post I talked about the particular summer we have been having. So hot and practically no rain for the entire summer. Amongst other things this led to a bumper crop of apricots. We didn’t have hardly … Continue reading →
It has been an interesting summer for us. Well that is one way of describing it. Certainly the driest year in the 26 years we have been settled in Tasmania, We have been continually irrigating our row crops with mixed … Continue reading →
What a season – hardly any rain in the last 6 months. But amazingly lots of fruit. IN the tree crops cherries and apricots are now being picked. Lucky we have irrigation. Just the same lots of damage from roos … Continue reading →
Observations of our berry crops in particular showed poor growth and often heavy weed infestation at the end of last season. This was partly due to the very dry summer and the invasion of weeds and in particular twitch. I … Continue reading →
Our sojourn in the States has come to an end. Back on the farm it is cold and wet. Under such circumstances we miss the warm weather, the hospitality of our new and old American friends and the unending new … Continue reading →
Lots of rain in Tasmania. Not just the East Coast but all over Tasmania. One minute we are experiencing droughts and now floods. Fortunately not too much damage todate but certainly slows down the work program. Oh well such is … Continue reading →
May is nearly finished and yet the strawberries are still ripening albeit at a much slower rate. Alas we are not getting many to eat ourselves as the parrots seem to have taken a liking to them this year. Hopefully … Continue reading →
