tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post114974610543663667..comments2024-02-29T13:58:14.271+13:00Comments on Quiltingorchardist: Almost missed it.Ali Honeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-1150068921907958512006-06-12T11:35:00.000+12:002006-06-12T11:35:00.000+12:00Hi Forest Jane, No there are not any pests to worr...Hi Forest Jane, No there are not any pests to worry about. You may grab the odd fruit that is soft or partly not there cause the birds have hollowed it out, and the gloves are to protect the fruit as nails, jewellery etc can do damage. You have to wear them...one of the rules.( and for hygiene too ) We are lucky in NZ that we don't have any things to look out for like snakes or bears or poisonous creepies.Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-1149956341878588842006-06-11T04:19:00.000+12:002006-06-11T04:19:00.000+12:00Happy Birthday!The picking process looks fascinati...Happy Birthday!<BR/><BR/>The picking process looks fascinating, but hard work! Do the pickers have to worry about spideys or wasps as they reach up to pick?<BR/><BR/>Are the gloves to protect their hands or the fruit?ForestJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536396154296555583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-1149912050796740242006-06-10T16:00:00.000+12:002006-06-10T16:00:00.000+12:00No Deb, you haven't missed it. We haven't got to t...No Deb, you haven't missed it. We haven't got to the packing into trays stage yet.....I'll make sure you have all the correct info to identify our fruit or at least find a grower # on a tray.Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-1149851952070867502006-06-09T23:19:00.000+12:002006-06-09T23:19:00.000+12:00Happy Birthday Ali! The fruit looks beautiful hang...Happy Birthday Ali! The fruit looks beautiful hanging from the branch. I never knew how it grew. Neat pictures! I only see 2 though, no grower number or label, am I missing it?Deb Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538758042536664177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-1149798597852418682006-06-09T08:29:00.000+12:002006-06-09T08:29:00.000+12:00Thanks ladies, it certainly was the best thing to ...Thanks ladies, it certainly was the best thing to have it all picked.<BR/> Yes Fiona you are right.The kiwifruit plants are trained up to a single stem when they are young, then grafted and the branches are then trained out above head height on a big pergola. Later on I will show you how we prune them and tie in new growth for next years crop.Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-1149748997303659542006-06-08T18:43:00.000+12:002006-06-08T18:43:00.000+12:00My goodness me Ali that looks very labour intensiv...My goodness me Ali that looks very labour intensive - never seen them growing on the actual plants before - well I suppose getting them all in safe and sound was a pretty good birthday present - hope you had a very happy one :o)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352283065863856112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-1149747763201591952006-06-08T18:22:00.000+12:002006-06-08T18:22:00.000+12:00Looks like hard work - are the branches of the tre...Looks like hard work - are the branches of the trees trained over a frame to make the fruit easier to pick? (Looks a bit like that in the photo but I'm not sure). Belated Birthday Wishes. FionaFionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378836466869691917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26067482.post-1149746721799331132006-06-08T18:05:00.000+12:002006-06-08T18:05:00.000+12:00Happy birthday Ali!Happy birthday Ali!Françoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11177778039745875900noreply@blogger.com