Julie1's Edible Backyard

Joined: 26/11/08 Updated: 24/01/13 Frost:
Location: Maryland

About My Edible Backyard

We are a family of five trying to live more simply and sustainably on a small suburban block. We are in the process of converting our backyard into a food forest

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Julie1's WISH LIST

Babaco Cutting

Why Julie1 wants it: -

The fruit sounds divine and our papaya seems to be going well.

Dwarf Peach ^5/10

Comments: -

Suffers badly from peach leaf curl and since it never fully defoliates here, I never manage to spray before leaf set in June. Have never managed to get any fruit off them.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Planted in pots in full sun. Nice little shrub, fairly drought hardy but needs daily watering when hot because the pots are relatively small.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Dragon Fruit - Pearl (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: -

It has only flowered twice so far but despite hand pollination, there was no fruit set. UPDATE: Flowers regularly and sets fruit without hand pollination. Fruit is divine! Much sweeter than the white-fleshed pitaya.

Planted: 2008

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chicken manure

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Mandarin - Emperor ^10/10

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Lemon - Meyer (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months May, June, July, August, September, October

Planted: 2005

Height 1.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 5% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chicken manure

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

White oil on scale and citrus leaf miner.

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Apple - Tropical Anna (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropic Sweet

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Mandarin - Okitsu wase (Satsuma) (Grafted) ^7/10

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Dwarf Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months June, July, August

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Banana - Lady Finger (Seedling) ^10/10

Planted: 2008

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chicken manure

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Carambola Starfruit - Kary (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 8 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Yacon - Apple of the Earth (Seedling) ^9/10

Fruiting Months June

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Nothing yet.

Organic Status:Organic

Lilly Pilly - Riberry

Garlic Chives

Bay Tree

Blueberry - Misty

Sweet Potato - Sweet n Gold

Galangal

Arrowroot

Turmeric - Orange

Ginger QLD

Cardamon Ginger

Aloe Vera

Dwarf Mulberry - Black

Grape - Pink Iona

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet

Papaya - Southern Red

Lemongrass

Fig Black Genoa

Olive - Manzanillo

Fig Black Genoa

Pear - Hood

Pear - Flordahome

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden

Berry - Youngberry

Dwarf Apple - Pinkabelle PBR

Dwarf Coffee - Catuai

Raspberry - Heritage (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Died due to constant scratching from the chooks!  Lovely berries though and low maintenance.

Fruiting Months January, February, November

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 90% in Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chicken manure

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Blueberry - Sharpblue (Seedling)

Comments: -

Difficulty keeping the water up to them during summer in pots, so I planted them in the ground but died the next season anyway.  The Misty's which I kept in pots but moved into the shade are still doing very well.