Maria's Edible Backyard

Joined: 13/08/09 Updated: 04/02/10 Frost: None
Location: Malabar, NSW, AU

About My Edible Backyard

Why Maria Love's Edible Plants

I am an artist and this is my first garden.  It's very sandy soil, very windy, near the beach.  My garden is north/east facing in the back, and north/west for the front yard.  Three years ago I ripped off the turf and brougt in 15 cubic meters of compost, which was a miracle of fertility.  I also put in a drip system. It seems to rain here in Sydney a lot, both in summer and winter.

Once my soil was fixed, the biggest challenge has been the wind, but it's improving as the hedges grow.  I first planted all fruit trees and vegetables, but as the trees grew I only have herbs and fruit trees now, and now putting succulants in as well.

My biggest challenge was that everything grew too well and I have overplanted, so I have been prunning, prunning and now editing my garden.  Too many trees, so I have been cutting down or moving them around.. had to sacrifice my asparragus, my Yacon, my plums.  My biggest rewards is all the little insects and microscopic life for which the garden is a stage. 

I love picking up the food, herbs, fruits, leafy greens and giving bag fulls of them to all my friends when they visit.

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Dwarf Peach - Standard

Maria's Edible Fruits
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