Chores for the month
As the cold bites, autumn’s mellow fruitfulness seems long gone, but it’s not forgotten because winter is the season for fruit tree planting.
What you plant will depend on your location. Feijoas, for example, can be grown throughout Aotearoa but South Islanders are advised to grow early-fruiting cultivars to avoid frost damage to buds. Apricots, on the other hand, need a winter far colder than Auckland’s. Most varieties require temperatures of between zero and seven degrees celsius for a long enough period to break down the growth inhibitors in their vegetative and flower buds. And while northerners can grow a wide range of citrus, if southerners are not
