CITRONS

It's citrus time at our farm - these beauties are citrons from the orchard. Citrons are one of the four original citrus fruits from which all other citrus types developed.

The citron is a large fragrant citrus fruit with a thick rind.  It is one of the four original citrus fruits (the others being pomelo, mandarin and papeda) from which all other citrus types developed through natural hybrid selection or artificial hybridization.

While the lemon or orange are peeled to consume their pulpy and juicy segments, the citron's pulp is dry, containing a small quantity of juice, if any. The main content of a citron fruit is the thick white rind which is delicious to eat raw and is used in many ways around the world, such as in sweets, jams, pickles, preserves.

Citron

There is an increasing market for the citron for the soluble fibre (pectin).

FERTILISING OUR BIODYNAMIC FARM ORCHARD WITH FISH STEW

We are fortunate to have access to fish scraps from the Tea Gardens Fisherman's Co Op.  The fish are from the pristine waters off Hawks Nest and Port Stephens. The fish scraps are put into stainless steel tanks, along with water, enzymes and Biodynamic Preps.  The mixture is left for approximately six months and then sprayed out around the trees to the drip-line in the orchard and the solids are then added around the base of the trees. This is done once a year.  (It is also sprayed on the garlic rows before we plant the garlic in April.) Special disposable suits are worn as it is really on the nose!