Hi all, after a few years of bad luck, breaking numerous vertebrae, heart surgery a few strokes etc. I am starting to feel a bit more like myself; typing is still hard, chewing is difficult and I am still nodding like a bobble head, drives me a bit nuts! The good news is that I…
Category: Feijoas
Heart Surgery – recovery
Hi all, a quick message to let you know I’ve now had my heart surgery. The Aorta was replaced and the surgeon managed to fix the valve rather than replace it. Other than having 3 strokes (2 small, 1 medium) which have left me missing words (not feijoas! 😀), struggling to chew or use my…
Feijoa Farm Closed 😡😢
A lot has been happening. The Good News: Since starting the website and sending out feijoas a lot of people have started growing feijoas in the UK and named varieties are now available, see the Grow your own Feijoas – where to buy plants – Feijoas UK page for more details. The Bad News: The…
Feijoas growing in UK – public parks, Zoos and Gardens.
If you know of any locations where feijoas are growing in UK public parks would love to hear. Feijoas in London If you’re in or near London there are a few plants that fruit in public places as well as Kew Gardens. Hyde Park / Kensington Gardens I haven’t been there since 2013, but there…
Grow your own Feijoas – where to buy plants
31st of March 2021 Update:Farm Closed: details here: Feijoa Farm Closed 😡😢 Ebay feijoa fruit for sale:Colombia feijoas for sale in eBay!Feijoa – Fresh. *FREE UK POSTAGE* Buy Bulk Save! A delicious fruit for Colombia! | eBay* Amazon feijoa fruit and other foods: Fresh Feijoa / Pineapple Guava 1 kg*Feijoa Compote 1L Armenian*Natural Guava &…
Growing Feijoas in the UK: Pollination.
Happy New Year everyone. Update a new post on where to buy feijoa trees has been added: Grow your own feijoa plants. Since starting our small feijoa farm we’ve had a few people ask “how are the plants pollinated in the UK?” Funnily enough much the same way as in New Zealand. One of the…
Have a happy New Year Everyone!
Hoping everyone will have a great new years party wherever you are in the world! I was spoilt at Christmas and now well prepared for 2020 with 3 bottles of feijoa booze. Bottle 1 is Zumwphl Feijoa German Style Schnaps Bottle 2 is a boxed bottle of 8th Tribe Feijoa Liqueur Bottle 3 is a…
Size of UK grown feijoa fruit
A few questions have come in about the size of the UK grown fruit. As many people have found you can occasionally come across small imported fruits to buy in stores such as Harrods, Sainsburys and Tesco that have been picked before they’re ripe to send to the UK. These can taste OK, but are…
New Feijoas frost cover made
Over the last few days we’ve been putting together a new frost and snow cover for the seedlings and young cuttings to protect from the frosts and snow. The strong winds! Monday the 9th of December 2019 we checked the BBC weather and it said calm night, at 6 am I was woken as there…
Feijoa plants hit by frost.
Hi all, thought I’d share this photo of the feijoa leaves hit by frosts. Don’t worry they’ve been through harder, they survived the UK winter of 2010 when it got down to -20C as well as the 2018 beast from the east when they had new growth on the plants and were covered in snow….
