Growing

Here's what we're growing at Hazeltree.

Some are links that will take you to information about that variety. Others will take you to a post about our experiences with it.

Over time, I'll be developing this page with more links to what we're growing and how it is doing.

Animals
• Bees - coming soon.
  
• Chickens - 12 hens + Sirius Black the rooster. (4 chicks and counting, as of 3 February 2012)
  
• Ducks - they're wild, but seem to be permanent fixtures now!
  
• Sheep
  
  • 4 mature ewes - Minnie the Moocher, Maxie Cabbe, JayBee and Kylie.
    
  • 4 ewe lambs - Blossom (born 29 August 2011 - Maxie's girl), Sputnik (born 4 September 2011 - Kylie's girl), Xena and Gabrielle (born 22 September 2011 - JayBee's girls)
    
  • Rams - Rambo and Ramses
    
  • Mature wether (castrated male) - David (slaughtered 31 March 2012)
    
  • Young wether - Boris (Kylie's boy, Sputnik's twin, born 4 September 2011)
    
  • Slaughtered lambs - Spock b.29 August 2011, Wallace and Gromit (Minnie's twin boys), b.21 September 2011, and Hercules b.22 September 2011. All slaughtered 30 January 2012.
    
  Small Fruit
• Black currants
  
• Boysenberries
  
• Grapes - Albany surprise
  
• Grapes - Niagara
  
• Loganberries
  
• Raspberries
  
• Red currants
  
• Strawberries
  
• Watermelon - sugar baby
  
• White currants
  
  Fruit and nut trees
  
• Almond - unknown variety
  
• Apples - cox's orange, fuji, granny smith, hetlina, Initial, Monty's surprise, royal gala, worcester pearmain
  
• Apricot - moorpark, tomcot, unknown variety
  
• Cherry - Dawson, Lapins, Stella
  
• Chestnuts
  
• Feijoas
  
• Fig - unknown variety
  
• Hazelnuts - a main crop (70+ trees)
  
• Lemons - meyer
  
• Nashi pear - Hosui + Nijiseiki (double graft)
  
• Nectarine - unknown variety
  
• Nectarine - firebrite x 2
  
• Olives
  
• Peaches - unknown variety
  
• Pear - conference, unknown variety
  
• Pioneer nuts
  
• Plum - Billington, English greengage, unknown variety
  
• Plumcot - unknown variety
  
• Quince - Giant of Glascony
  
• Walnuts
  
  Vegetables
  
• Asparagus - Mary Washington
  
• Asparagus - Sweet Purple
  
• Capsicum - Seriously sweet
  
• Carrots
  
• Celery - unknown variety
  
• Chilli - Thai hot
  
• Chilli - Bird's eye
  
• Cucumber - Crystal apple
  
• Cucumber - Lebanese
  
• Eggplant - Bengun
  
• Herbs - new herb garden, with huge variety
  
• Lettuce - various heirloom and hybrid
  
• Potatoes - Nadine
  
• Potatoes - Red King
  
• Potatoes - Maris Anchor
  
• Potatoes - Desiree
  
• Rhubarb - unknown variety
  
• Tomatoes - various heirloom and hybrid (And yes, I know tomatoes are technically a fruit, but we eat them like a vegetable)