Summer is all about the harvest and finding ways to use all of your beautiful produce you have spent so much time planting and nurturing over the last season. Using what’s in your garden is not only delicious, it is also a smart way to keep nutrition in your diet and save you some money
Plant Sale – The sun is out, the soil is warming up and we have plenty of tomato and vegetable plants that are looking for there forever home. The Edible Forest plant nursery is open for you to visit Monday to Friday between 11am – 3pm and Saturdays between 1pm – 3pm. Order form is
Plants are much like us – some of them get along really well, some don’t. By planting ‘friends’ together they help each other in all sorts of ways. This is often referred to as companion planting. Companion planting is the growing of plants together so that they help each other grow better. The careful placement
Spring has finally sprung! Yes, we are just as excited as the plants are! The big question for right now is – Have you started mulching your garden? Perhaps you have started and finished already – well done, you have been working hard and your plants will thank you. If you haven’t started, that’s ok,
We are so excited about tomatoes this year…. Why?! Because we are continuing to grow them – but this year we want to share our tomato growing with you! We have some amazing varieties to share that are unique and we also have the good old variety’s that we use in our kitchen with recipes.
Canna Lilies are something you will find in lots of gardens, you possibly have them growing in your own garden and didn’t realise that the bulbs and roots are edible! In the Edible Forest, we grow 2 varieties, especially for their large bulbs; The Canna Lily Achira (canna edulis red) and the Queensland Arrowroot (canna edulis).
Spring; the Garden is bursting with so much energy as it wakes up from hibernation. Here is a list of the next 3 months of what you can be harvesting at home! September The last of your winter vegetables (still great for soups) Leafy Greens will be still be going strong Pea straw will be
Is it just me, or are we all dreaming of summer? There is no denying it, winter is cold, but the days are getting longer and spring is coming. When the sun is shining, it warms the body, soul and the soil too and makes for a wonderful excuse to get out into the garden.
Last month I gave you some of the top plants for Winter; some of which help to boast your immune system and aid with the relief of cold & flu symptoms. What we didn’t mention was the wonderful citrus available at this time of year! They are the vitamin C packed fruit that comes in