The fruit trees and lavender/rosemary plants all planted and set to grow this spring. |
I loved being a farmer/orchardist, now living in Kallista in The Dandenongs east of Melbourne I realised I have land! I can be a Garden Farmer. With chooks, orchard, various fruit trees, veggie gardens. Can i be a farmer on a 1/3 of an acre!
Sunday, 7 August 2011
More Pollination Please!!!
I want the orchard to be visually beautiful as well as productive. To help fruit set by attracting bees with the mass of flowers they produce and to make it look good I decided to plant Rosemary & English Lavender between the apple and pear trees in the Garden Orchard. I alternated Lavender - Rosemary - Lavender, Etc, Etc. And again they needed protecting from the chooks. So I put plastic tree guards around them. The rosemary and lavender can both be used for more than just their beauty when in flower. The strong oils and smell of Lavender is said to possibly deter bad insects from coming close to them. We will see, but I know they will attract insect to aid pollination in spring. WOOOO HOOOOO!!!
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