Growing Peanuts in Australia’s Temperate Coastal Climate: My Port Stephens Experiment (it Worked)
The peanut experiment: totally rookie I wanted to see if it’s possible to grow a crop that delivers fat, so I decided to try growing peanuts—something I had never done before. Between planting and harvesting, the Strait of Hormuz was closed, and the project suddenly felt more relevant, which is why I want to share […]
Cranberry Confusion in Australia: Little Cranberry or True Cranberry?
Discover the difference between the little cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) and the true cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), including edible and medicinal uses.
Banana Blossom Salad – Cheap Dinner Idea!
Home grown cheap and easy recipe
Weeds & Natives
Why to embrace weeds in your edible landscape!
Sandpaper Fig – A River’s Friend
Sandpaper figs are great plants for your food forest alongside a creek or watercpourse.
Spring – Why Not All Plants Wake Up at the Same Time
It’s end of August in Tea Gardens and it’s warming up during the day. Many plants are already busy growing. Have a look at the picture above. The mulberry is going for it. Flowering, soon fruiting, all the leaves are out. The papaya in the background is not so sure. Its leaves are battered, most […]
Supportive Plants in a Food Forest
If you ant to start a food forest, supportive plants are the crucial piece in the puzzle.
Lemongrass – How To Distinguish Cymbopogon citratus and Cymbopogon flexuosus
There are two types of lemongrass and they are very difficult to distinguish,
Lead Contamination In Turmeric – Grow Your Own!
Your turmeric supplement or latte might not be as healthy as you think!
Ancient Cough Remedy Phyla dulcis
Aztec Sweet Herb Phyla dulcis