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Soaked pants, ant bites and grumpy slugs
I visited Mum’s farm on the weekend, an avocado farm down near Albany. One of the first in the area, started back in the era when Aussies thought that “vegetables” meant cauliflower, cabbage, carrot and potato, a farm well overtaken … Continue reading →
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Tagged avocados, childhood memories, chores, daily work, drip irrigation, farming stories, irrigation, orchard, watering systems
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The old avocado orchard – a story in photos
We spent the weekend down on the family farm, and the kids came with me to explore the original avocado orchard my folks started up in 1973-74. It’s not in commercial production at this time for a number of reasons, … Continue reading →
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Tagged avocado, citrus, dieback, flowers, fruit, meadow, orchard, phytophora cinnamomi, weed management, weedscaping
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