Autumn 2018

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Parsley and rengarenga amongst gooseberries, plums and blackberries
‘Brown Turkey’ fig, ‘Meyer’ lemon
Autumn raspberries and tomatoes
Kiwifruit almost ready!
Zingiber mioga (Japanese ginger) flowers ready to be pickled with rice wine vinegar and sugar
‘Blackboy’ peach slurry
‘Meiwa’ Kumquat – newly planted where a feijoa just came out. Kiwifruit vine overhead on a north facing wall
‘Egremont Russet’ apple
‘Orleans Reinette’ apple
‘Liberty’ apple
‘Niagara’ grapes
‘Blackboy’ peaches
‘Disovery’ apple
Winter Nellis pears

Kiwifruit…in Dunedin!?

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About five or six years ago I planted what was sold to me as a male and a female (Hayward) kiwi potted together. Over the years I have trained them overhead roughly 10 m along a north facing wall painted white.

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The previous three seasons both vines flowered well but no fruit ever set. During each flowering period the weather was fine and many bees were seen foraging in the blossom. I learned that kiwifruit are often incompletely pollinated by bees (wind is also a vector). In 2016 one fruit happened…

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Summer 2018

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Moorpark apricot
Seedlings for Taste Nature Gardens
Sungold cherry tomatoes, outside ripened mid January!
Brown Turkey fig on west wall
Brown Turkey fig
Merton Russet apple
First crop of Niagara grapes
Echinacea, bergamot, valerian, asparagus, borage and haskap under persimmon
Runner beans, Tamarillo
First crop Schuyler grapes
Thornless blackberries