Category: Greens
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Betel Leaf
Betel Leaf (Piper sarmentosum) is a perennial vine to about half a meter in our garden. It likes a most, well drained location in full sun. The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and is very popular in Thai cooking. This plant is prolific in our food forest and can be used as an…
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Sambung Nyawa (Gynura procumbens)
This is Sambung. It’s a hardy perennial green that can be eaten in abundance either fresh from the garden (like you would lettuce) or cooked as you would bok choy or spinach. Simple wash and enjoy. This is also known as the life extender or diabetes plant. It is extremely good for you and a…
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What Do We Grow?
Thank you for all of the lovely comments so far. Many of you have asked for a list of plants we grow. We have a very diverse garden. The garden is a testing site for plants. So far we have evaluated about 500 different edible species. Of those 500 about 200 turned out to be…
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Sweet Potato – Kumara (Ipomoea batatas)
Native to South America but widely eaten throughout the Pacific. •Mostly enjoyed as a cooked root crop. •Raw leaves make an excellent salad green, or use cooked in stir-fries. •Sweet potato is an excellent groundcover (though it can take over). •The vines can be trained onto trellises or over banks. •Tubers can be harvested year-round.…
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Okinawa Spinach (Gynura bicolor)
A beautiful and mild flavoured salad green that grows easily into a lush bush with an attractive purple underside. Not slimy Iike some greens can be. A great addition to any salad. The growing instructions usually say ‘grow in full sun’ however in the Mount Crosby area they seem to like part shade as shown…
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Alternatives to Lettuce
When lettuce is bolting in Summer, these perennial salad alternatives are at their best. Actually they are at their best all year! Sweetleaf, Okinawa Spinach, All Herb, Lebanese Cress, Cranberry Hibiscus, Sweet Potato Leaf, Aibika, Mushroom Plant, Malabar Spinach, etc. Their are so many wonderful perennial options out there!
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Sweetleaf, Katuk (Sauropus androgynus)
•An amazing perennial plant that grows with minimum effort. •Shrub to 2m. •Highly nutritious (with 6.4% protein). •Leaves taste like sweet peas. •Grows well in full sun. •Extremely hardy and low maintenance. •Can be eaten raw in salads in limited quantities (due to the presence of Papaverine). •Is best enjoyed steamed or stir-fried, where it…
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Native Sea Celery
Sea Celery (Apium prostratum) is an Australian native biannual herb. It will grow in full sun to part shade and adapts to growing in a wicking pot very well. It has a pleasant but very strong celery/parsley flavour so use sparingly in salads or cooking. Ours are grown in wicking boxes on top of a…
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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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