Fruit

If you can grow apples you can grow raspberries, and why wouldn’t you? The sweet juicy fruit is delectable when picked ripe and warm from the canes,…

There are two real loves in my life... gardening and food (I hope my partner and parents aren’t reading this!), and I am always chuffed when I am…

Turn your food miles into metres…

Quince – the fatter, uglier sister of the pear has come back into vogue in the last few years, thanks to a number of gourmet cooks and their…

If you are after some fodder for your next pub trivia night, this factsheet on pomegranates has it in droves. One of the oldest cultivated fruit…

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It’s easy to get yourself totally confused and muddled when immersed in the heady world of horticulture – hybrids, cultivars, cross pollination…the…

Nothing compares to the taste of a home grown, freshly picked peach or nectarine. Bursting with flavour and heavy with juice, once you have tasted…

It might just be me, but cherries remind me of a good old Aussie Christmas – prawns, cold meat and salad, backyard cricket and the ever present bowl…

All hail the awesome avocado – key ingredient of the greatest dip/side dish/condiment on earth, guacamole (see Helen’s recipe at the bottom of…

There's a fruit tree for every space and they aren't difficult to grow. That's the word in all enthusiastic garden manuals. Sure, they aren't…

Ahh citrus..who doesn’t love a bit of fresh lime in their beer, a cheescake chock full of home grown lemons, a juicy, just picked mandarin or a…

Marika Wagner, nursery staff member at Bulleen Art and Garden (an SGA certified garden centre) raises some important issues regarding fruit and…

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