Figs
Fig season is upon us!
The family owned, organically certified Te Mata figgery grows around 30 varieties of fresh figs and produces a wide range of fig products. It's all thanks to Murray Douglas and his wife Helen Walker… Audio
Fruit, flowers and fragrances: life on an organic orchard
Olia Alpatskaya is from the Ural Mountains in Russia and trained as a mining engineer. She came to New Zealand for a better life with her children and to escape biting minus 30 winter temperatures… Audio, Gallery
Fruit, flowers and fragrances: life on an organic orchard
Olia Alpatskaya is from the Ural Mountains in Russia and trained as a mining engineer. She came to New Zealand for a better life with her children and to escape biting minus 30 winter temperatures…
AudioBio Dynamic Bert
Bert van Heuckelum has been told he could plant a broomstick and it would grow. The green-fingered Katikati orchardist left Holland in 1983. His dream was to live self-sufficiently in New Zealand. Audio
Bio Dynamic Bert
Bert van Heuckelum has been told he could plant a broomstick and it would grow. The green-fingered Katikati orchardist left Holland in 1983. His dream was to live self-sufficiently in New Zealand.
AudioFigs in Hawkes Bay
Helen Walker and Murray Douglas are fig enthusiasts and grow them on their horticultural block near Havelock North in Hawkes Bay. Audio
