February – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia

February – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, self-sufficient and sustainable living consultant, and healthy food advocate. February is one of the hottest months in our subtropical parts of Australia. Hot and humid! We are thankful for every single drop of rain and appreciate the food we are harvesting at this time of the year, and there is plenty to harvest! We are not running out of jobs in the garden, however, we are limiting the work to the early morning and very late afternoon hours. Additional to the summer gardening jobs described in my post here, February is the month when I prune… Read More

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Easy To Grow Edible Greens During Hot Summer Part 2

This is the second part of the “Easy To Grow Edible Food Forest Greens During Hot Summer”For the first part, please follow the link here:  https://youtu.be/kA-sh7_ESTkI did not go into the nutrition information about each plant as this would take too long to go into details about each plant. However I have displayed the popular name and the scientific name of all the plants I am talking about today so it will be easy for you to find out more about each plant and make your own research if you want to.Disclaimer: This video shows how we grow and use the herbs and plants in our food forest. All the… Read More

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Easy To Grow Food Forest Greens During Hot Summer Time Part 1

It is always better to work with the nature than against it. Grow what grows best with minimal effort any time of the year. In this video, I am sharing with you few delicious edible plants from my food forest which grow easily during the hot summer time and provide you with fresh greens for your table during the hot months but also all year round. Most of them are perennials which means they grow longer than just one season. Click the LIKE button under the video if you liked it and subscribe to my channel if you want to see more 🙂 Part 2 coming soon!

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