Author: brisbaneediblegardening
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Booklet
After many months of preparation our community education booklet is now available! This booklet has been produced in association with Rotary and Food Plant Solutions to raise awareness of the hardy edible perennial plants of Brisbane. It included plant descriptions, growing conditions, photos and uses. Contact us if you are interested in obtaining a copy.
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Lebanese Cress (Aethionema cordifolium)
Lebanese cress. Not to be confused with the somewhat bitter watercress, this beautiful perennial salad green deserves to be a delicious and attractive addition to every salad. Grown best in a sunny spot in a wicking box (they thrive in water). •Native to the Mediterranean. •Attractive landscaping plant with fern like foliage. •Bush to 70…
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Simple Inexpensive Wicking Box
Getting enough water is often the greatest challenge. Wicking beds are an excellent solution to this for many plants. Start small, even a single wicking box and a nice perennial salad green like Lebanese cress for example. It can be as easy (and inexpensive) as this: 1. Use a styrofoam box (often free from the…
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Solitary Native Bee Home
Looking to attract more solitary native bees to your garden. Look no further than that can you were about to throw into the recycling bin! Step 1: Remove the label and wash the can so that it is nice and clean. Step 2: Chop twigs so that they fit snugly into the can (lantana, tiger…
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Why Edible Perennials?
Growing your own food is not always as easy as it looks on TV or in glossy magazines. For many years we gardened, diligently buying potting mix and planting European annuals like large tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, cabbage and lettuce. While we had some successes, lettuce often wilted, and large tomatoes were plagued with pests. The…
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Ice-Cream Bean
Ice-cream bean. A great pioneer species. It’s a legume and fixes nitrogen in the soil. It also produces these delicious pods with soft white fleshy seeds inside. Delicate sweet flavour.
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Azolla
Azolla is a native Australian water plant and we use it widely in our gardens (just be careful it can’t escape to waterways as it can clog still waters). Its very simple to grow. Find a sunny spot, a water holding vessel and seed with a few azolla. It will quickly colonise the water surface…
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Seedlings at the Street Library!
Having trouble finding local, seasonal seedlings to plant out this weekend? Look no further
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