Candy1's Edible Backyard

Joined: 06/10/09 Updated: 06/10/09 Frost:
Location: Beaumont

About My Edible Backyard

Hi, My Husband and I moved out here to this farm five years ago, It is quiet away from the seaside town of Esperance down on WA's South east coast. We have sand over clay soil and limestone. Our annual rainfall is 375ml. Our "orchard" as such is still new and has a lot of work to be done to it and added to it. The biggest challenge has been boosting the soil as we have had to build it up as the ground was very hard and had next to no nutrients, This year is the first where our garden actually looks like it going to produce a nice amount of fruit!

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Berry - Boysenberry (Seedling) ^10/10

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prolific and just flowering I cannot believe how much fruit you can get off when they are ripe and so delicious!If only it was not so prickly!

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grape - Sultana H5

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is small and just getting some leaves

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava Yellow Cherry

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two very small sticks I would not be surprised if they died

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pepino - Kendall Gold (Seedling) ^8/10

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this thing is unbelievable it was covered with fruit within the first few months that we planted it and we only put it in this year! I can't say that I really like the taste of the fruit, My 13 year old son loves it.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Passionfruit - Select Black (Grafted) ^5/10

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still a small plant, has had a couple of fruit not too many yet.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mandarin - Honey Murcott (Grafted) ^5/10

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Have not been having much luck with this plant, it is still a young tree so fingers crossed, It has plenty of flowers this year too.

Pollination: Self Pollination

apple-jonathon (Grafted) ^5/10

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Jonathon cross pollinates with the golden delicious tree and for the first time ever they are both flowering.

Pollination: Self Pollination

apple- golden delicious (Grafted) ^5/10

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This apple is sure to be a treat when it fruits all my trees are babies so we are on a wait and see basis, It should be a sweet green/gold type of fruit.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Australian Round Lime (Grafted) ^5/10

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This has not really fruited yet so we are waiting to see what it does this year as it has plenty of flowers.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

orange-pineapple (Grafted) ^5/10

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It is just the name for the type of orange that it is, It has yet to have fruit so will have to let you know, It had a little trouble with mouldy mildue which I washed off and it seems to be going alot better, Lots of flowers now so Maybe fingers crossed I will get some fruit this year!

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Yearly

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Mulberry - Black English (Grafted) ^7/10

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Yearly

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Lemonade Tree (Grafted) ^6/10

Fruiting Months August, September, October

Planted: 2006

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Yearly

Organic Status:Organic