Love gardens? Find out about the garden-related events and workshops taking place in the Macedon Ranges.
Spear we go
Horticulturalist Duncan Cocking, who runs Kyneton-based Leaf, Root & Fruit, discusses early asparagus and what that says about carrots. I harvested our first asparagus spears of the season at the end of August. It was only a small handful, but the kids especially enjoy a change from our brassica glut. I’ve picked a few more spears since […]
Time running out to summer prune your stone fruit trees
Horticulturalist Duncan Cocking, who runs Kyneton-based Leaf, Root & Fruit, explains the benefits of summer pruning fruit trees. Summer pruning of fruit trees promotes fruit production, whereas winter pruning promotes the growth of more foliage and is more likely to allow introduction of disease. Deciduous trees reverse their sap flow during autumn. They draw sap […]
Small is blue-tiful
Horticulturalist Duncan Cocking runs Leaf, Root & Fruit. Based in Kyneton, he provides gardening services and workshops to support food production in front yards and backyards across Melbourne and central Victoria. At the moment I’m in peak blueberry season. However, I grow 15 different varieties of blueberries. They are a range of early, mid- and […]
Bring on a bug balance
Duncan Cocking, of Leaf, Root & Fruit, believes that even those bugs considered to be pests can be beneficial in the right numbers.
Garden events in the Macedon Ranges – autumn 2022
Love gardens? Find out about the garden-related events and workshops taking place in the Macedon Ranges this autumn.