We harvested our apples from the big tree over the weekend and got a good harvest - enough for 1 a day, keeping the doctor at bay for a year, if I store them well. I wrap them individually in newspaper and store them somewhere darkish and coldish, and that seems to work for the most part. I wish I knew what variety they were, but it's an old tree which I inherited, so all I know is that they are fantastic eating apples. Other than that, we have a small, new Fuji, which in its second year is bearing plenty of fruit. They will come off this weekend and then that will be it for the apples.
And with that over till next year, I look up to the start of another month. The 4th one of the year already! Is it just me or is it all a bit of a blur currently?
But there is no need to feel as if time is slipping by and that you are missing out, April is a great time to be planting and in most places in Australia there is a good range of veg you can be planting, especially if you like fresh salad with your meals. You can now start to sow cabbage, kale, leafy greens, leeks, onions, radish and peans, (or as they are more commonly known- peas and beans), all easy to grow fresh staples.
And don’t forget the flowers – cornflowers, poppies, sweet peas will give you some much needed extra colour when they come up.
See a more extensive, but not exhaustive list below. So, plenty to get going with.
On our website
Customers have been asking for frost cloth and at last we have it back on the site – Frost cloth
PLUS, there is currently free postage to anywhere in Australia for any order, no matter the size and shape! Free postage will end this month.
Enjoy
Peter
