Tag: edible gardening
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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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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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Tomatoes
By Jason Hauser There’s thousands of varieties, hundreds of strategies for growing them, and just as many ways to be UNsuccessful growing them! I reckon I’ve tried many of the latter over the years and learned plenty the hard way Our subtropical climate seems hell bent on making sure we seldom see a perfect ripe…
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Pumpkins
By Jason Hauser We usually fail to grow them on purpose but succeed spectacularly when growing them by accident, and usually in places we didn’t really want to grow them. In a food forest setting they also have a place. The common notion is to grow them as a ground cover like you see on…
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Moringa/Drumstick Tree (Moringa oleifera)
Article and photos by Jason Hauser My initial reasons for growing moringa tree were to use the mild savoury flavoured new leaf growth for curries and stir-fries. At about 3 years from seed moringa trees begin their profuse production of “beans”. After searching for uses for the long fruits I discovered a lot more than…
Brisbane Edible Gardening 