Our pluot fruit tree is in full blossom. There will be lots of fruit produced by this tree 😁

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Popular mango farm forced to sell as compliance measures pressure producers
By Claudia Sullivan

Mango industry representatives say addressing mounting compliance requirements is like "trying to turn back the Titanic".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/horticulture-industry-struggles-with-costly-compliance-demands/106450552

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Couple's side hustle uses grubs to turn food waste into high protein feed
By Kerrie Lush

A regional South Australian couple's fly larvae farm is using discarded produce to make a valuable food source.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-15/flies-turning-food-waste-to-livestock-feed-rural-south-australia/106441094

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#Backyard report:

Only a few small stick blown down from last night's wind storm (20+ mph sustained, gust at least to 45 mph).

#birbs: A flock of goldfinches is cackling a way in the trees and bushes.

Looks like the budding blossoms on the apricot have have survived the wind storm. 🙂

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Interest in installing solar panels in vineyards is growing. Here's a paper from Australia that examines their impact on pear trees & fruit.

tl/dr Panels created shade, which reduced yield, sugar concentration & color, but lessened impacts of extreme weather (heat and hail).

This study used fixed panels at 45° and 5°, with the latter causing greater crop losses, but power production was similar.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304423826000555

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Have you ever tasted a #pluot #fruit before?

Pluots /ˈpluːɒt/ are later generations of complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (providing the greater amount of parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca.[6][7] The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.[8]

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluot

They're one of the 1st #FruitTrees to blossom in this area of the South Island. These are their #flowerbuds & early #blossoms 🤍

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