Quiltingorchardist

I do not agree with or encourage the new type of Commercial Christmas. I love it when folk spend time ( not money ) making something fo...

New Zealand Christmas Trees or Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa ) can bee seen flowering at this time of the year in the...

New Zealand Christmas Trees or Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa ) can bee seen flowering at this time of the year in the...

I am so glad there are plenty of you out there who love Avocados...they are so good for you. I said I would tell you a little more about th...

Today we have glorious rain, right when it's needed. The kiwifruit are growing fast. The first 6 weeks after pollination ...

Yesterday was Avocado picking day for us. We began at 7.30 am ; R ( DH ) and me picking from the ground and 2 guys up in the tree tops usin...

Growing our own veges is satisfying but time consuming. When they are ready, as these yummy green peas are it takes longer to prepare dinner...

Yesterday afternoon I completed my round of every kiwifruit block in the orchard. ( has taken me several weeks ) I was tying in new growth...

Glad to have you call by Kirsty . Take care. Hello everyone else. It's really windy here in NZ these last few days, not good for our avo...

On Monday and again today we had 20 young folk ( from about 5 countries )spraying liquid male pollen onto the female kiwifruit flowers. The ...

The kiwifruit are in full bloom. One photo shows white female flowers on the left and more apricot coloured male flowers on the right. Anot...

Although I haven't completely finished sewing all the hexagons I had time at the weekend to spread them all out on the floor and decide ...

It's very windy, then this afternoon it started to rain, so I was able to abandon any idea of working under the vines. Instead I crawle...

Gosh what an exhausting week it seems to have been. Since the weather was fine it's been all on with orchard work, so it was just as we...

Yesterday I spent some time reading other's Blogs that I enjoy; my list has got very long now, so it takes a while. Over at Pieces from ...

Thought you might like to see a photo of lots of orchardists standing around in our orchard........ Thursday by some fluke was a reasonably ...

Thanks for your comments ladies. Yes it can be busy around here. This morning while we ate breakfast I enlisted DH help and we compiled a li...

Although I have written myself a list, my 3 day weekend is consisting of a little of what I fancy mixed with things I must do. I did some b...

Being organized is essential to my way of working.( I don't have a sewing room, just a big double doored cupboard ) I like everything so...

Here's what is happening in the kiwifruit orchard AT THE MOMENT. The vines have new growth that is very tender and vulnerable to wind da...