Phil Dudman spoke on Pruning and Propagating Fruit Trees at The Fernmount Food Forest

Phil Dudman presented on a large screen TV

Twenty Bellingen Seedsavers had an excellent guest speaker experience when Phil Dudman (writer and presenter from the Organic Garden and ABC Garden Show) visited the Fernmount Food Forest to speak on Fruit Tree Pruning, propagating fruit trees, and much more.

On the screen: A commercial fig tree farm with low pruned trees

The message most of us took away was to prune the main structure of fruit trees down to an easy pick level and that means with some trees, figs and mulberries for instance, down to waist high. What a great idea!

Various pics from the Fernmount Food Forest

The Golden Grumichama was fruiting and provided a new taste experience for many seedsavers. The cherry-sized fruit is very sweet with a cherry sized pip. The fruit will not travel well because it bruises easily so picking and eating from the tree is the best way to experience the fruit. 

A white Guava in full flower.

Ready to pick pineapple