I was lucky enough to grow up in a home with a feijoa tree, but I've had a hard time convincing people around me to get excited about them. Why? In part, the feijoa is a delicate fruit, and only the ...

It was a brave step when Sally Hookey and Peter Heineger bought four hectares of land with sweeping views at Belli Park on the Sunshine Coast hinterland and started farming feijoas. Growing a fruit ...

Feijoas, also known as pineapple guavas, are a popular and relatively easy-to-grow fruiting tree. Originally from southern Brazil and northern Argentina, feijoas are evergreen shrubs or small trees ...

Feijoas are a really hardy fruit tree. They can handle dry coastal conditions (once established) right through to damp winter clay. They do grow best in full sun but will grow quite happily in half ...

Hefty: Pia Asa's feijoas have weighed up to 156 grams each this season. Photo: Elesa Kurtz Pia Asa, of Downer, responded to Food and Wine's feijoa footnote of April 30 that asked if any readers had ...

We’ve all seen them, those odd-looking pieces of fruit that vaguely resemble a dinosaur egg, hand grenade — or a hand. Even the names can be intimidating. Feijoa, kumquat and cherimoya sound more like ...

Emily Low and friend Ruby Taylor in the family’s 500 tree feijoa orchard near Bell Block. Photo: VANESSA LAURIE / Stuff When Matt Low and Melissa Burleigh-Low were looking to move house, Melissa ...

This time each year, Melbourne based Kiwis make a special mission to find their feijoa hit. Aussies don’t seem to get what all the fuss is about. When it cools down and autumn hits in New Zealand, ...