Abear's Edible Backyard

Joined:13/10/10 Updated:31/01/11 Frost:
Location: roleystone

About My Edible Backyard

Why Abear Love's Edible Plants

I love growing edible produce for a more sustainable human future,and the more wholisitc connection with earth it entails, the quality of taste, nutrition, experience in cooking, a double shot of gratuity for anyone who inherently and obsessively loves to garden. My greatest challenge here is the slope and the soil type, extremally acidic bauxitic, nutient poor but high in N and Al, and the slope of the block which is beteween 15 and 45 degrees. I combat this not by correcting the ph with lots of rock dust, which is alkaline and adds extra minerals. Green crops like lucerne for N and Mustard cress for anti nematode activity- if trees are stressed from combabtiive soil conditions and low rainfall. Much manure and compost dug in, then mulched deeply. Chooks foraging will break the cycle of fruit fly reproduction and maturation, as well as the many other fantastic tasks they do esp in our north facing orchard.

On a tight budget so this is also a factor in my year old garden. It can alos be challenging and expensive to obtain different plant varities in WA- i'm spending a lot on mail order and quarantine but trying to make more green friends with which to share cuttings.

Thus far I have 9 fruit trees, annual and biannual vegies, many herbs, water food plants, and a mini 'rainforest' to grow bananas and other foods which like humidity. Trying to do landscaping with edible plants as well. Trees are okay but other things need supplemental water and I don't yet have a tank. Retic is by leaky hose under 4 inch of mulch

I believe in the mission to create a sustainble economy- environment model every effort made adds up, and every example is an example to someone else who may be open to inspiration and action in gardening

I'm greenly geeky and I'm excited!

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Abear Forum Contributions
Bactivate - hi ringelstrump Absolutely. A soil mineral deficiency will only perpetuate itself in the same garden recycled back onto itself. I hope to diversify what goes into the garden for this reason, eg if you ate lentils from a part of the world that hag Mg in t..5415 days 2hrs
Kelp powder1 - No, but I use seaweed, both as a tea and straight on the garden bed.I would assume kelp is the same thing only finely ground with the water taken out. Maybe make up a tea of it- the seaweed solution you buy is meant to mixed to a colour of weak tea- so..5415 days 4hrs
Bactivate - Microbial activity in WA 'soils' Hi BJ, i was super green from the eastern states and it was one huge garden wakeup to come here in one of the dryest summers on record.Nothing would grow in the vegie box and I knew it was the biology, or lack of, of..5415 days 4hrs
Bactivate - Just a quick note regarding worms in perth: One of the requirements for happy worms is stable temperatures. Worms don't like it too wet, too dry, too hot or too cold. SO if it soggy underground they'll move up (why you see them suiciding on footpaths af..5612 days 6hrs
Pomegranate seeds - Hello Allybanana! judt reading your forum post to someones else. I'm having a little trouble hunting up a Gulosha Azerbaijani over here. Would you be so kind and willing as to send a cutting over here? yours greenly: ), Amanda of the bears..5701 days 3hrs

Finger Lime - Emma (Cutting) ^10/10

Abear's Edible Fruits
Update: 5591 days 20hrs

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i love the idea of growing food trees that are so everyday in culinary use, that are native. Such an exciting fruit, sure to impress with fantastic taste as well as appearance. Got a small sub tropical rainforest going and want to use as many natives as possible- (hard with quarantine laws as WA doesn't have rainforests). want to landscape with food plants, eat all of the garden.

Height 0.15 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

nope. will be organic, natural and biological control all the way

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

still v small and in pot. Shold I plant this in a native soil mix (low phosphorous) with lots compost?

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Dwarf Mango - Irwin (Grafted)

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Update: 5591 days 20hrs

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just planted at 4 ft tall, but feeling good as researched it's yield v high, resistance to disease good, and good for people who want lots of fruit trees as only grows 2-3 m tall. Dug a hole almost 1m cubed, filled with well draining compost and soil, so it should be happy.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

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Curry Tree

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Update: 5701 days 3hrs

Pollination: No

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Apricot - Bentley

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Pollination: No

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Mulberry - Black English

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Pollination: No

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Rosemary (Cutting)

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Update: 5701 days 3hrs

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

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Fig - Deciduous

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Pollination: No

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Watercress

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Pollination: No

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Lime - Kaffir (Cutting) ^7/10

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beautiful looking tree, can provide shade to ther things, and indispensible in cooking

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

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Pineapple - F180 (Cutting) ^8/10

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Update: 5701 days 3hrs

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easy to grow, easy to propagate, good for landscaping, great in asian cooking,

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

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maxzoo says... [3866 days 8hrs ago]

Fig White Adriatic

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Update: 5701 days 3hrs

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yum yum yum yum yum

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

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Orange - Valencia Seedless

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Update: 5701 days 3hrs

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oranges are ace!

Height 1 metres

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

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Lemon - Meyer ^6/10

Abear's Edible Fruits
Update: 5701 days 3hrs

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

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Vanilla Vine ^6/10

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Update: 5701 days 3hrs

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touch of tropics, fascinated with epiphytes nad rainforests, and fresh vanilla is far superior if you're a foodie

Height 2 metres

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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Large Pennywort

Abear's Edible Fruits
Update: 5701 days 3hrs

Planted: 2010

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: manures, compost

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

none. always healthy

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Lilly Pilly - Blue (Seedling) ^8/10

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Update: 5701 days 3hrs

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taste of fruit, variety in diet, companion plant to other rainforest edibles, good in landscape for creating coever for smaller things

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 15% in

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