Author: brisbaneediblegardening
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Kang Kong (Impomoea aquatica)
A relative of sweet potato, this aquatic plant is the fastest growing leaf crop in the world. It can be grown from cuttings bought from the market. It will even form a mat on the surface if you through some coconut husks into that what with it. It is far more nutritious than lettuce. Often…
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Millaa-millaa vine (Elaeagnus triflora var. triflora)
Picture of immature fruit courtesy of Jason Hauser.
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Frugal ‘Lasagna’ Edible Garden
For those keen to try your hand at growing your own food, it can be tempting to rush out to the hardware store and load up on retail garden products. Using bags of premium soil, bagged mulches, soil amendments, slow-release fertilizer, the cost can quickly add up. Gardening this way quickly adds up. At minimum…
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Large Wicking Beds
For those who love water thirsty crops such as cucumbers but who only have the time to water once a week, try some wicking beds. It doesn’t really matter what you use, be it IBCs cut in half, an old bathtub or any other food grade container. The basic principle is to establish the base…
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Courtyard Food Production
For those living on small blocks or even balconies, there are still heaps of edible plants you can grow year-round. Courtyard gardens are especially wonderful during cold winter days when we want to hang out in sheltered sunny spots in the garden. The courtyard garden below is filled with perennial edible plants, most of which…
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Fruit Fly Control
by Jason Hauser You can generally expect fruit fly (FF) activity to begin slowly increasing from early August, with their numbers rapidly climbing into late Spring through Summer, before starting to ease around mid-to-late Autumn. Alarmingly, there are now many areas around South East Queensland where FF activity persists to some level all year round…
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Bananas
There are so many great varieties of banana to grow in Queensland. W currently grow Pisang Ceylon, Blue Java (ice-cream banana), Ducasse, Dwarf Ducasse, Red Dacca, Pisang mas (monkey banana), Lady finger and Cavendish. We have a real preference for the Pisang mas, it is more of a tropical variety of sugar banana, thin skin…
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Taringa Community Garden Flower Workshop (June 4th 2023)
Thank you to all of the lovely community members who came out early on Sunday morning to talk everything flowers. For those interested in information on propagating flower cuttings (particularly salvias), check out this Gardening Australia video. Salvia Garden – Gardening Australia (abc.net.au) Special thanks to the lovely Claire and her great team for the…
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