Recent content by Mark Healey

Fantastic photo- I can almost taste them. The red variety do ripen quickly- they need to be picked 33-35 days (depending upon climate) after flowering- hopefully this will then help them avoid splitting. Wasn't sure on your variety, but was referring to the white type in the photo, which are...

I'm not sure which variety you're growing, but if you haven't grown the red variety- there are many types within the red flesh type of course- then I can strongly recommend that you try and get your hands on some cuttings. They are extremely sweet, if you're looking for a sweet fruit of course...

We put three to each post, which are wooden, and have 10,000 posts in total. Shortly, we'll be using concrete posts on an extension to our plantation. The posts in this instance will be 15 cm in dimension with iron rods running through them. The rods will extend out of the top of the post, be...

I can see this is an old post I've stumbled on, but I'd like to show how we finish the top of the support post with two pieces of wood of the same length- approximately 60 cm each. They are then hammered into the top of the post with a 10 cm nail in a cross pattern- ie 1 piece north to south...