Tag Archives: citrus
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Macro Monday: Bees in the orchard
4Monday 11 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Time for another Macro Monday…. and for this week we have a shot taken by a friend of ours who …
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Lemons, just a few
14Thursday 07 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Following the disaster of last January, when our big freeze wiped out all the lemons, killing one decent sized fruit-producing …
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Kumquat success
8Tuesday 05 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Whilst many crops have not favoured the weird weather of 2015, the humble little kumquat tree seems to be as …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Juicy Pomelo
1Wednesday 30 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Now (II)
5Saturday 26 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My second bash at the Weekly Photo Challenge is very much “now” for us, with winter fruit picking upon us, here on …
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Macro Monday: Another baby orange
11Monday 06 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
People say I have green fingers. Well, as you can see, perhaps not green, just dirty! Now, apart from my …
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Bergamot – another first for us
8Tuesday 16 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After a couple of failures, we now have a Bergamot Orange tree that seems relatively happy and settled. Although it …
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Macro Monday: Pomelo
6Monday 15 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This the skin of a Pomelo . It’s nowhere near fully grown yet. These fruit will be well over a …
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Citrus fruit – survival of the fittest
9Wednesday 03 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The weird weather continues… It’s early June, and we have the potential for rain this week; practically unheard of. It …
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Orchard in bloom
7Thursday 23 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The citrus orchards are in full bloom right now. Whilst I can’t hear myself think for the noise of a …
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Citrus tree health update
18Wednesday 22 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Following the really cold snap of -5C (23F) we experienced for a few nights over winter, many of the fruit trees had …
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Flower Friday – Lemon Tree
11Friday 20 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
With a normally quite short and mild winter, some of our fruit trees get a bit confused, with new flowers …
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Them Poor Lemon Trees
14Tuesday 10 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
As I posted recently, we had a short sharp cold cold snap where temperatures dropped to -5C (23F) on a few nights, which is …
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Macro Monday: ‘Med fly in my lemon’
5Monday 02 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here is my posting for Macro Monday A while back I posted about the invasive Mediterranean Fruit Fly, the bane …
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Iced Lemons?
9Thursday 29 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Icy weather plays havoc with fruit farming, but the worst affected tend to be lemons I have found. Their internal …
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Last of the Winter Citrus
27Tuesday 27 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Citrus fruit are harvested in one of two seasons, depending on the variety. For example, we have lemon and orange …
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Winter Storm Wastes Tonnes of Fruit
6Saturday 24 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
As well as the damage that very cold weather can do to the trees and leaves, the fruit obviously suffers, …
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Kumquat
22Friday 23 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Mid January: time for one of my favourite fruits, the humble Kumquat. Not a bad crop this year of our …
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Ice Damaged Fruit Trees
9Thursday 22 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The problem with a cold snap, is that whilst it looks nice and wintry with snow in the mountains that …
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Juice Time
5Sunday 04 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
With fruit hanging off every tree in sight, we are rarely short of fruit juice, that’s for sure. Never do …
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Citrus fruit update
10Thursday 18 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Most of the fruit is now being harvested, dodging in-between storms. Clementines are our primary crop, and sweet and juicy …
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My autumn colours #2
4Friday 12 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Following on from the first look at our late autumn colours, we continue our photographic tour of the farm. With …
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Mediterranean Fruit Fly
12Tuesday 04 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
One of the most prolific pests that affects citrus fruit production is the humble Ceratitis capitata, or Mediterranean Fruit Fly. In short, from late summer …
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Macro Monday: “Kumquat”
6Monday 06 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 . . . .
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Macro Monday: “Baby Oranges”
3Monday 15 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 .
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Macro Monday: “Baby Clementine”
7Monday 18 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 .
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Fruit : Oranges
5Tuesday 05 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
These are one of our main crops. Mostly we have large, thick skinned Washington Oranges, which are very juicy and …
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Fruit : Pomelo
16Thursday 31 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
These large ‘pink grapefruit’ are called Pomelo, or Citrus maxima (or Citrus Grandis) to use their posh name. Ours are now …
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Fruit : Apples
23Tuesday 22 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
For most folk, the sight of apples growing on trees is no big deal (and for one of the Spikey’s, …
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Oranges & Chickens
6Friday 21 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s a sort of changeover season around the farm. The winter crops of Clementines are all finished. It was a …
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Thorn In My Side?
12Wednesday 29 January, 2014 by Uncle Spike
If I said to you, “Hey, I’m gardening this week, doing a bit of pruning“, what would be the image …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Full Tree
Leave a commentWednesday 04 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
The clementine crop was pretty good this year. This tree is just out the back in the veg garden. Me …
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