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🌳 Growing 30+ organic fruit trees & bushes
🏡 Small, urban garden (95sqm)
🇦🇺 Perth, Aust
✍️ Edible garden designer
📧 “In the Urban Orchard” newsletter - https://saucedgardens.beehiiv.com/

10/09/2026

I’VE GOT ONE INFESTED TREE ON MY HANDS…

But I’m glad to be able to show you what peach leaf curl is and how we can manage and prevent it.

Whilst the tree won’t die from this fungal infection, it does slowly weaken it and it will reduce the amount of fruit you get from year to year.

Ideally, you would spray the branches and leaves with a copper soap before bud break…but that’s just half the treatment.

Even after spraying with copper soap a tree can get re-infested, especially if it has poor air circulation and the fungal disease has gotten into the soil.

So focus on tree hygiene (removing diseased leaves and branches, airflow) and microbial support (compost tea, worm castings).

I look forward to my nectarine harvest every year, but I’ll be glad to get through this one, just to work on the health of this tree!

08/09/2026

IT’S NECTARINE WEEK…

And mine has peach leaf curl and needs a prune! 🤣

But despite all that, my good old nectarine has put on a lot of fruit this season…and we’re going to talk about it!

This week we are going to cover -

- How to support your nectarine tree to hold onto its new fruit ✅
- How to manage and then prevent peach leaf curl ✅
- Year round growing tips ✅

And then we’ll have a chat about the lessons I’ve learnt and the opportunities I missed with my own tree this season.

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06/09/2026

GET ON TOP OF THOSE SPRING PROBLEMS EARLY!

Early spring is such an exciting time of the year!

The stonefruit and pome fruit trees are all flowering, the bees are buzzing and the days are getting longer!

It’s also the time of the year when you get to see the value of your labours over winter, having pruned and fed all your trees.

If you’re like me and didn’t get to copper spraying your stonefruit trees before they bud burst (oops!), that rat of a fungus - peach leaf curl - would have started appearing on the new leaves of your nectarines and peaches.

You can’t treat or cure it now, but you can manage it a little through spring and summer. Walk past the tree as often as you can and pick off the infected leaves. Dispose of them in the bin (not your green bin!), to stop it infecting anything else.

And then get yourself organised for next year to spray that same tree to stop it from coming back.

Tell me how your spring garden is looking in the comments below - I love to hear about what’s growing in other people’s gardens!

04/09/2026

THIS IS WHEN IT COUNTS 💚

It’s early spring here in Perth and it s go time! 🏃‍♀️

Fertilising most of your fruit trees at this time of the year will give them the energy boost they need to put out healthy growth, flowers and fruit! 🍇

Please make sure to take a moment to check out my reel from earlier this week though - there are some moments in a fruit tree’s life where it’s not the best idea to feed them. Just check that you’re getting the timing right around flowering and fruiting⏱️

A bonus tip? Never fertilise right near the trunk of the tree. Fertilise a minimum of 15cm away from the trunk for in ground trees and 10cm away for potted trees 🌳

And if you want to know exactly what to feed your tree, when and how much, plus when to prune and perform other maintenance tasks, you need one of my fruit tree calendars 📆

My fruit tree calendars give a month-to-month schedule of what to do for your trees, tailored to where you are in the world 🌍

There is one for most types of fruit trees, so if you are looking for something that will just tell you what to do and when, comment CALENDAR below and I will send you some details and the link to purchase.

Happy feeding everyone! 🌱

03/09/2026

A LITTLE INSPIRATION FOR YOUR POTTED ORCHARD!

I have been hearing from so many people over the last few weeks who are excited to start a little orchard in pots this year. It’s just so…cool!

When you are starting out there is an alarming amount of information about what fruit trees to plant and when. And then that goes double for potted fruit trees, which need even more attention.

So I thought it would be a good idea to put together a list of just 5 of the best potted fruit trees I would recommend for planting in early spring.

They are the easiest and the most productive fruit trees you could plant at this time of the year (in a warm climate).

Tell me in the comments below - what fruit trees or berries are you planting out this spring?

02/09/2026

GET YOUR SKATES ON - IT’S SPRING!

The days are getting longer and that’s just as well…there are so many fruit seeds, herbs and flowers to plant out this month!

In August (late winter) I encouraged people living in warm climates to start sowing their fruit seeds early, but in September (early spring) your choices of what to plant are expanded even more. This is a perfect time to plant all the fun fruits, like watermelon, rockmelon and honeydew.

Now I know some people won’t agree with me including rosella and rhubarb in this fruit list, but I eat them like a fruit and use them to make delicious jams. So they’re in there.

So get out there and get planting! Get yourself set up for some beautiful home harvested fruit this spring and summer!

31/08/2026

I KNOW, I KNOW - MORE RULES! 😉

But after years of watching how different fruit trees respond to things, I really feel like this will help!

I saw an interesting apple tree in a coastal garden yesterday; it had a fungal disease and overall, it wasn’t looking healthy.

And my first reaction when thinking about how I could help save this tree was, “Stop Fertilising”.

A few years back it wouldn’t have even occurred to me to say that.

But sometimes, feeding your fruit trees is actually the worst thing you can do for it.

So when you see me recommending to fertilise your trees in early spring, I want you to look at your particular fruit trees first and ask yourself - is it sick? Is it flowering or fruiting? Is it susceptible to frost or a pest infestation at this time of the year?

And if the answer is yes to any of these things - don’t feed it!

Yet 😏

27/08/2026

THEY SEEM VERY BASIC, BUT MESSING THESE THINGS UP WILL REALLY SET YOUR TREES BACK!

So let’s go through them one at a time:

1. Wrong Tree: there’s nothing you can do about it…some trees just need to be planted in ground. Not even the dwarfing varieties will be productive in pots.

2. Wrong Pot: yesterday I shared my recommendation for the minimum size pot for a fruit tree (you should check it out). Anything less and you’re looking at root binding and a potentially unproductive tree.

3. Right Soil: the soil in your pot has to be light, but nutrient rich, with good water retention. Heavy soils with poor drainage will clog the roots and kill the tree.

4. Dry Pots: when fruit trees receive inconsistent water, they conserve what energy they have to stay alive. And that means, no flowers. And no flowers means, no fruit. Keep water up to your potted fruit trees with a wicking set up or an olla.

5. Right Food: remember, potted fruit trees are relying on you for all their nutrients. If you don’t feed them, they can’t send roots out to look for it. So it’s important to feed your potted fruit trees regularly.

These are complex topics which I discuss more in my newsletter. If you’d like to subscribe for free, comment NEWS below and I’ll send you the link!

26/08/2026

IT’S EXCITING TO HEAR FROM SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO GROW TREES IN POTS!

And this has to be one of the questions I get asked the most…what size pot do I need?

As homes and backyards get smaller and smaller, growing fruit trees in pots is becoming more and more popular.

There are some trees that are not suited for potting (like apricots), but on the whole, there are more types that you can grow in a pot, than not!

But they do need a decent sized pot. If your tree isn’t doing so well or is unproductive, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s in a pot that’s too small.

These are my recommended sizes for potted trees and potted berries.

You can read about pot sizes and learn how to grow productive fruit trees and berries in pots (or in the ground!) using one of my fruit tree guides.

I have a library of fruit tree guides to choose from and each one can be adapted to growing in your general climate. They are packed with information on feeding, watering, pruning and have a calendar for you to follow along to make sure you’re doing different things at the right time of the year.

If you are interested in picking up a guide, comment GUIDE below and I will send you the link to purchase!

Happy growing everyone!

25/08/2026

YOU’LL THANK YOURSELF LATER!

Despite everything you do to help your fruit trees flower and set fruit, if they suffer in the heat of summer, you won’t get anything!

Potted fruit trees need consistent water, especially during hot days and weeks. We can ensure that they get it by placing an olla in the pot and topping off the soil with some leaf mould for better water retention.

Similarly, if a trees roots are getting bound up, it will struggle in the heat of summer and won’t produce as much (or any!) fruit year on year.

We will talk about pot sizes tomorrow, but for now, check out the roots of your potted trees and make sure they’re not spiralling or popping out through the top of the soil.

There are so many amazing fruit trees that can be grown in pots…we just need to give them a bit of extra TLC!

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