Lee1's Edible Backyard

Joined: 30/11/08 Updated: 12/08/09 Frost:
Location: Mentone

About My Edible Backyard

I am trying to turn a small front north facing courtyard (6mx6m) into a productive edible garden to encourage my children to garden. Just planted rasperries, blueberry, strawberry and carrots. 

Comments

Great garden Lee - and a great reason to have plants! I'm just across the way in Parkdale.

Yacon - Apple of the Earth ^8/10

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This plant actually survived the extreme Summer conditions but didn't get to the suggested 2 - 3 metres tall. I have added compost etc to our sandy soil and I have split it up and hope to have a good crop. I dug up a couple of tubers and ate them - yum, similar to a nashi pear.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^6/10

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Happily growing in a big pot

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Orange (Grafted) ^6/10

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Surviving in a big pot 

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Lemonade Tree (Grafted) ^6/10

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The 2nd Lemon tree to die in that spot - I think I shall rethink what I plant there but it did get the full brunt of the Jan/Feb scorching weather.

Pollination: No

Dwarf Apple - Granny Smith (Grafted) ^6/10

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Another victim of the Extreme hot weather - now just a stick....

Pollination: No

Dwarf Apple - Pink Lady ^7/10

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A week of 46degree days last January then the scorching winds of Black Saturday was just too much for this poor tree.