by James Quealy | Mar 2, 2024 | Food to Grow, Plants, Small Space Gardens
Passionfruit vines grown in pots, 2 years old. The passionfruit vines were trained to grow over a fence, the vines provide screening, flowers and fruit. The passionfruit vines were planted with compost and premium potting mix. The vines are occasionally watered with...
by James Quealy | Mar 4, 2021 | Community Gardens, Edgeworth David, Food to Grow, Native Bees, Plants
Finger Limes Finger Limes are a native subtropical shrub that produce limes in the shape of a finger. The tree is slow growing in temperate zones. The tree has dense small green spiky leaves. The flowers appear in Spring which are small white and pink and the fruit is...
by James Quealy | Sep 25, 2020 | Community Gardens, Food to Grow, Garden Beds, Small Space Gardens
What is Permaculture? Means: permanent agriculture. Permaculture is a way of incorporating the home, garden and surrounding environment into an organic sustainable way of life. Permaculture works with nature to grow multi purpose companion plants. One can ...
by James Quealy | Dec 11, 2018 | Food to Grow, Garden Beds, No Dig Garden
Potatoes can be grown from spring to autumn. They can be grown straight into ground soil or in planter boxes. Always use good healthy soil which can be a mix of premium potting mix and compost. Seed potatoes can be purchased from garden nurseries or if the potatoes in...
by James Quealy | Oct 26, 2016 | Food to Grow, Plants, Tasks
New growth is abundant now. Many shrubs and fruit trees are in flower. Early fruiting trees include loquats and mulberries. Fruit is forming on stone fruits, figs and guavas while flowering fruit trees include cherries, apples, pears, macadamia, pecan, citrus and...
by James Quealy | Apr 15, 2015 | Food to Grow
Finger Limes Finger limes are small leafed evergreen shrubs that produce a fruit in summer. The fruit is in the shape of a finger and is a native lime. The fruits skins can be red, yellow or green and contain acidic juice and tiny beads. Finger limes can be used in...
