Abear's Edible Backyard
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31/01/11 Frost: About My Edible BackyardWhy 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! Comments* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fruit Tree Forum ContributionsAbear Forum ContributionsBactivate - 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..4657 days 22hrs 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..4657 days 24hrs 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..4657 days 24hrs 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..4855 days 2hrs 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..4943 days 23hrs |
Finger Lime - Emma (Cutting) 10/10 Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4834 days 15hrs Comments: - 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? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Mango - Irwin (Grafted) Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4834 days 15hrs Comments: - 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 18 of 26 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Curry Tree Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Apricot - Bentley Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mulberry - Black English Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Rosemary (Cutting) Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: No Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig - DeciduousAbear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
WatercressAbear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lime - Kaffir (Cutting) 7/10 Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Comments: - 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pineapple - F180 (Cutting) 8/10Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Comments: - 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 4 people found this review useful Commentsmaxzoo says... [3109 days 4hrs ago]* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig White Adriatic Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Comments: - 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Orange - Valencia Seedless Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Comments: - oranges are ace! Height 1 metres Pollination: No Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lemon - Meyer 6/10 Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Vanilla Vine 6/10Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Comments: - 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Large PennywortAbear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lilly Pilly - Blue (Seedling) 8/10 Abear's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4943 days 22hrs Comments: - 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 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 5 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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