Lyndall is charged with the capers – it’s a fiddly job that takes an age. He has succeeded where others have given up, especially when it comes to his unlikely orchard, with prickly pear growing amicably next to apples, grapes, vanilla and cacao. John is a curious student of botany, a home producer of commercial fruits, spices and cured small goods. John and Lyndall Picone are true homesteaders in every sense, the kindest and most generous people you’re ever likely to encounter. It’s very handy, especially as he’s the first to point out my mistakes. I have a rebellious streak that leads to spectacular failure at times, like thinking I could get the basil to keep going through the entire winter in the poly-tunnel … not so! Daylight hours change no matter the climate, it turns out.Ī locally renowned fruit grower has become a close mentor of ours, and luckily he lives next door. Their advice is always welcomed but not necessarily heeded. ![]() There have been so many well intentioned folks who have warned me off from growing this or that, claiming that it won’t do well here. “Neither here nor there” can be, liberatingly, the exact location to try your hand at growing anything. So oranges are indeed not the only fruit.Įspecially if you happen to live in a “neither here nor there” microclimate like the NSW Northern Rivers. Throughout the year we’d store many varieties of ripening mangoes, persimmons, stone fruits, pears, bananas, citrus and more – under the cool of the stairs or warmth of kitchen counter – depending on the stage of ripeness. ![]() It helped that I grew up in a restaurant household.
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