Tag: edible gardening
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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…