June 2008
The Daley News
Video - New Box Size Save Freight
This is how we prepare our fruit trees to arrive safely at your address.
Your savings when sending 1 or 2 plants
Sydney & Brisbane - Now $24.47 Was $42.94 Save $18.47
Melbourne - Now $30.68 Was $55.36 Save $19.68
The Daley Delivery
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the people who have responded to our survey, the feedback we are getting about our packing, service and plants is very encouraging and rewarding. We certainly take your comments on board and as we had a lot of requests for a cheaper freight option for smaller orders we designed a smaller box that holds just one plant and have dropped the freight rates accordingly. This means that you can now order the one fruit tree you have been longing for and we will deliver it to your door at an affordable cost as soon as we can get it to you. For anyone who is interested in having a look at some of the feedback, here is the link to our testimonials page
https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/testimonial.htm
Autumn has brought us many interesting changes here at Daley's, the most obvious shift has been a change over in staff. We have said farwell to Chris and Paul who have left us to explore the world in very different ways. Chris and his wife Jenny have headed off to Ecuador on a one way ticket for their adventure of a life time. Chris handed his work shirts and the responsibility for loading the trucks over to Tyler before
he left. While Paul has packed his bicycle trailer and is taking the organic route to Cairns. If you would like to follow Pauls trials and tribulations on the road here is the link to his blog which contains stunning imagery as well as a beautifully honest and open outlook to his life experience.
http://calderacreations.blogspot.com/
We wish them both good fortune and happy, safe, adventurous travels.
Some wonderful women have taken their place and the work place is full of friendly female chatter now days. We introduce to you Jenny who comes to us from Cawongla, Sophie is from Barkers Vale and Kathy is from the western side of Kyogle out at Afterlee. A warm welcome to you all.
What is coming off in the orchard?
Sensation citrus are being picked and enjoyed all across Australia, they look gorgeous on the trees and brighten up the winter garden with their vibrant colour, as well as keeping us healthy as citrus fruits are packed with vitamins and goodness. We have just got our hands on a fabulous book by Allen Gilbert called Citrus, this has all the information you will need to successfully grow your own citrus. Custard apples are coming off now, unfortunately we are missing out here at
Daley's this year as our trees are still recovering from last years frosts, but they are good value in the local shops and markets. We do have fruit on our Rollinia or Brazilian Custard apple which is cropping in its stock bag in the poly house. It is also the middle of the avocado season, they are also good value in the shops and several different varieties are available to choose from.
Frost Protection
Yes it is that time of the year again when we get up in the dark, come to work wearing our snuggest beanies and gloves and jump around for a
while after we arrive in an attempt to warm up. It is winter and the frosts have arrived. Frost is a common occurrence across Australia even into the tropics where it occurs at higher altitudes on the Atherton tablelands. For some plants it can be the cut off point between life and death and for the home gardener it is wise to be prepared to avoid the disappointment of losing your favourite fruit tree. A frosty night is a clear and still winter night where sounds seem to travel for miles and the earth beams it radiant heat back to space, without a cloud blanket to keep any heat in the moisture at ground levels freezes and forms frost. The cells inside sensitive plants freeze and burst as the water inside the cells expands to form ice, damaging and destroying the cells and in some cases the plant itself. Frost protection can be as simple as throwing a blanket over your favourite
evergreen or if you want to protect a plant for several years a simple structure can be built around it that can wrapped in insulating materials and a hat can be placed over it during the night that can be removed during the day. With frost it is always better to be safe than sorry, if the air is still and the sky clear, cover your frost sensitive plants. After our orchard was decimated by the unusually cold crisp frosts last year, we have moved our frost sensitive stock trees in to a poly house and now grow them in large bags. So far this is working very well.
