Franc's Edible Backyard

Joined: 08/08/09 Updated: 10/08/09 Frost:
Location: Stuarts Point

About My Edible Backyard

I am on deep sand which dries out quickly, I have a quarter acre backyard and spend most of my time trying to increase the organic content of my soil. Decomposition is rapid in the sand and a deep compost layer will be gone entirely in 12 months

I grow

Peach Mango, strawberry mango,  Meyer Lemon, Washington Navel Orange, Kaffir Lime, Tahitian Lime, Pomello, Nectarine (glengarry??), Avocado hass, 4 different edible bamboos, strawberries, chillies, flat leaf parsley, thyme, oregano, Thai and ordinary basil, lemongrass, galangal, opuntia cactus (fruit), granadilla passionfruit, monsteria deliciosa, grape.

Comments

hi franc - i have been searching for a strawberry mango tree without luck. i love them. would i be able to get a seedling from you (beneath your tree possibly). or if you could tell me where you got your strawberry mango tree. i'd really appreciate it. thank so much margi

Galangal (Cutting) ^9/10

Planted: 2003

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Organic

bamboo Thai asper (Cutting) ^5/10

Comments: -

large bamboo from Thailand but does not grow so well in subtropical Aust

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2002

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

does not grow as well as the Indonesian variety

Organic Status:Organic

bamboo indo asper (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

Giant bamboo from Indonesia..big shoots to 5kg

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2005

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Organic

bamboo nastus elatus (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

small clumping bamboo from New Guinea...shoots can be eaten raw

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2003

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Organic

bamboo thyrostachys siamensis (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

small clumping bamboo from thailand..lots of small shoots

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2002

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Organic

Monstera - Fruit Salad Tree (Cutting) ^6/10

Planted: 2002

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 7

Organic Status:Organic

Prickly pear - Opuntia ficus indica yellow (Cutting) ^7/10

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Organic

Passionfruit - Panama Red (Grafted) ^7/10

Fruiting Months January, February, March, November, December

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Partially Organic

strawberry Hakowase (Cutting) ^10/10

Fruiting Months September, October, November, December

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Hass (A) (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months July, August, September, October

Planted: 2006

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Organic

citrus pomello ^8/10

Fruiting Months July, August, September, October

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, December

Planted: 2006

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

bronze orange bug

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Lime - Kaffir (Grafted) ^9/10

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted) ^8/10

Fruiting Months June, July, August, September

Planted: 2004

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

bronze orange bug and leaf miner

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Lemon - Meyer (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2004

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

need to control bronze orange bug and leaf miner

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

mango strawberry (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2004

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

mancozeb during flowering

nectarine glengarry (Grafted) ^4/10

Fruiting Months December

Growing: In the Ground

Pest Control:

fruit fly decimate this despite control

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

peach mango ^7/10

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2004

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

mancozeb during flowering