Few photos from my garden 🙂 Its getting bushy and I love it. Rosella Bush Capsicum Parsley Longevity Spinach Burgundy Okra Pumpkin Horseradish Perennial Basil Curry Tree Tree Spinach Sweet Leaf Lime Tree
Continue ReadingMy Young Subtropical Food Forest
Hi guys 🙂 Here some update from one of my gardens. It is about 1 1/2 years old so not old at all. I got three of them but this one is in focus now. Trying to create a permaculture food forest. Today just wanting to share with you what is happening here at the moment. I hope you like it.
Continue ReadingHow To Start A Healthy Garden
Most of the food we grow require reach and well drained soil. Therefore the best way to grow it are raised garden beds. The materials we use to build them are either recycled materials or they come from our property.Never use treated timber to build your veggie patch. It is full of harmful chemicals and this s the last thing you want to have in your veggie patch. We fill the garden beds or veggie patches with the following layers starting from the bottom: Card boards Different kind of mulch, straw or hay. It can be fresh. Aged mulch mixed with chicken or horse manure and some wood ash Some… Read More
Continue ReadingLemongrass
Lemongrass is one of the easiest plants to grow. It grows pretty much everywhere and doesn’t need any special treatment. You can plant your lemongrass plants out in the backyard or in the pot. It smells and taste amazing, look good in your garden and the health benefits are amazing. That is why I would like to share it with you here. About one year old plant. I’m using the whole plant, the soft, inner part of the stalks for cooking, especially with chicken and fish dishes and the grassy leafs for tea. The tea is yummy and since I cooked my first lemongrass tea about two years ago, I… Read More
Continue ReadingOur Backyard May 2015
Lots of news here in the garden. Our first bunch of bananas was really yummy! I did a nice dinner using the banana flower. Now, the next bunch is growing and the next banana flower has been eaten. Our guinea fowls and chooks are happy birds and the ducks went to the freezer. We were hoping for at least one girl but no. We had four boys which started to fight and chase each other the whole day so their time has come…. Well, this is life, and we got some beautiful organic meat in the freezer. Here some update of our backyard. This is our passion fruit. You can… Read More
Continue ReadingOur Backyard December 2014
New chook pen Muscovy ducklings Banana flower Guinea fowl chicks Silver Dorkings chicks.
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