Category: How-To
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Fruit Fly Resistant (relatively) Crops
Folks out this way are compiling a list of fruits that are not heavily affected by fruit fly. Has anyone had major fruit fly issues with any of these fruits? Any suggestions for the list? Mulberry varieties (Morus sp.) Pitomba (Eugenia luschnathiana) Ice Cream Bean (Inga sp.) Brazilian Guava (Psidium guineense) Jaboticaba (Plinia cauliflora) Mango…
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Gardening in a Rental
Compost Make the most of what you have, especially organic matter. Don’t throw your precious green waste away! Composting systems don’t have to be large, permanent or expensive. If you are in a rental, it can often be a good idea to keep it small and portable. While bayed compost systems are awesome for large…
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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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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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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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