Author: brisbaneediblegardening
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Pumpkins
What a bumper year it has been for pumpkins! The rosellas may not have been as good as previous years but the pumpkins sure have. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin curry, pumpkin soup and roasted pumpkin. It’s not too late to get your pumpkins in. In frost free subtropics pumpkins can be planted year round. What pumpkins…
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Make a Harvest Bag
This is one of our homemade large produce harvesting bags (obviously small berries would fall through the holes but this is great when citrus is in season). Made from an old trawler net which you can buy cheaply second hand (or unfortunately find washed up on the beach). It’s a good simple sewing project for…
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Currant Pie
Looking for a simple but delicious recipe for weekend morning teas. We were privileged to try this old granny Quakers recipe earlier this week and it was a real hit. This is all there is to it. Puff pastry 1box currants 100 grams butter 100 grams sugar 1 egg Bake 180 for 30mins Cream butter…
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Lablab (Lablab purpurea)
If you ever need a productive Autumn cropper, Lablab Bean (Lablab purpurea, Hyacinth bean) is excellent. The bean is high protein and full of nutrients, just a bit coarse and containing a toxin that requires good cooking, like stews and curries. Leaves and flowers are edible and nutritious as well. Prepare green lablab beans like…
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Choko
Grown in almost every granny’s backyard, the humble choko is making a comeback! Most of us are familiar chokos but did you know that they also come in white and yellow. You may also see a very spikey version which is apparently the offspring of a white and a green that have interbred. Chokos, not…
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May in the Food Forest
May is my absolute favourite month in our subtropical garden. In season now are pawpaws, citrus, edible ginger flowers and a huge abundance of pumpkins and bananas. If you are lucky enough there are also beautiful rosellas! Also, capsicums, cherry tomatoes, loquats, custard apples, the last of the peanut butter fruits and acerola cherries. Then…
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Native River Mint
(Mentha australis) •Australian native • This beautiful low growing perennial herb is a relative of the larger peppermint and spearmint. The flavour is similar but much stronger than other mints. •Unlike other mints it doesn’t die down in winter but instead looks beautiful year-round. •Will grow in full sun (with enough water) but does very…
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Water Parsley
(Oenanthe javanica) •Excellent spreading groundcover for wet or boggy ground. •Grows well in the shade or sun (with adequate water). •The young leaves and stems can be eaten raw in salads or cooked in stir-fries. •Has a light, carrot/parsley-like flavour. •Rich source of vitamins and minerals. •Widely eaten throughout the Orient. •Also grows well has…
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4ZZZ Interview
Listen in to Brisbane’s 4ZZZ to hear Ketah from Brisbane Edible Gardening talking about underrated subtropical edible plants perfect for our climate as well as the awesome upcoming Herb Awareness Fair. http://ondemand.4zzzfm.org.au/eco-radio Click on the 15/5 show. Listen for a few minutes of music then edible gardening! Brisbane Edible Gardening is a community initiative that…
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Beyond the Supermarket
There are over 30 000 edible food plants in the world yet here in Australia we commonly eat less than 1% of these varieties. Given our versatile subtropical climate there is so much more on offer out there than the standard supermarket fare. Commercial crops are not always the most delicious or nutritious. They are…
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