🌟🌟 2026 – 2027 FRUIT SEASON UPDATE 🌟🌟

We have been putting off writing this post just in case a miracle happened, but unfortunately we have some very sad news regarding the coming fruit season.

Once again we have found ourselves with very little fruit despite beautiful blossom. Much less than last year. We have virtually no apples at all on any of the trees, little to no nashi, pears and a small crop of peaches.
There are some varieties of plums that are ok, and some with nothing.
There are a few cherries which we were hoping would be ok, but unfortunately this week’s rain has caused almost all of them to split.

Despite hiring double the amount of bee hives, it looks like a pollination problem,  and from observing the bees they looked like they were heading to the bush rather than the orchard. This is likely happening because there are no more wild honeybees due to the introduction of Varroa Mite to Australia, so no competition for necter in the bush.

We are devestated that this has happened once again, and aren’t yet sure what our future holds, as its difficult to know how to stop this happening for a third year. Unfortunately its too expensive to run an orchard without income, but for now we will open this season when we can, and we know that all of you will support us through it as you always do.

We hope to open for peach picking close to christmas, but we expect that there will only be a few weekends that we will be able to open until persimmon in April 2027.

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