Posted by darrancarr in Uncategorized. Tuesday to friday Work Experience! I spent this week in Queenstown on work experience for Queenstown Lakes District Council at the beutiful Queenstown Gardens. Spent Tuesday clearing up after large gale force winds the night before took down a few trees and left a lot of debris all over the QT Gardens. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was spent with Val the head gardener and his assistant Joe.

Continued apricot thinning at Pisavale till 3pm. Then copper painting in Block 14.

December 4, 2012 in Uncategorized. Things slowing down alot now, growth slow and orders from customers have also slowed. Have started pruning fruit trees this week, beginning with the cherry trees. December 4, 2012 in Uncategorized. Picking the last harvest .

Grape pruning this week and we concentrated on two techniques that are relevant to this area. We began with cane pruning. This involves choosing a new fruiting cane to replace last years, and also a 2nd cane that will be spurred to be the cane used the year after. The cut is made and old wood removed before tying down the new cane onto the fruiting wire. Plants are bought in May and will continue to produce for 3 ye.

Cherry trees 3-4 weeks from ripening,will be netted next year. Black cherry aphid on a few leaves. Pinot Gris frost damage 2 weeks down the track. The orchard and vineyard are looking great and we are all finished at the block. Tranquil setting at The Packing Shed cafe. We are going to miss this! Thursday-last day of our course-Propagation. Final tidied up irrigation solenoids and area labelling.

Last week of the term and also last week of my first year. We were out at the block. Out at the block, was raining in the morning and the continuation of the theory and the main topic we learnt on was about Cane Pruning. This entry was posted on July 3, 2013. We just did our exams, was for three hours and was alright. It was a nice clear day in the afternoon. Last Propagation Day of the term and for me.

Cromwell Field Trip, with Alex and Jo. Which is the first producer of cherries in New Zealand. They actually experiment an other way to grow cherry trees.

This Blog is bought to you by Alex Silvester. I got a few assignments done. We only got to 4 today. And was just as cold over the weekend. Today was exam day! And we got up to 6 . Today we were out at Bannockburn pruning. We pruned old pear trees, and the apple trees. It got to 8 today and we had some sun! Shaking the apples off the tree.

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