Harvesting Fruit from Rainforest Orchards.

Yesterday, while brush-cutting through “Hard Yakka”–the name designated to one of our Galeru rainforest orchards on on the property– I chanced on some huge Davidson plums lying amongst the weeds. This fruit fell from a Davidsonia pruriens which towers at least five meters above the dominant canopy and I did not expect to gain any crop from this Australian native rainforest species so early in June.

This year, it seems,the excess rainfall we have been experiencing has affected the yields of all native species. It will be interesting to see what occurs later in the year with our other crops.