March – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia

March – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, sustainable living consultant, and healthy food advocate. March is the month when we get busy! Very busy! Even though it still feels like summer, we do have autumn. The winter sowing and planting have started and I am excited about it! I also look forward to the following weeks when I can spend more time in the garden. The summer heat and humidity didn’t make it very easy lately. General jobs in March Note: This is the monthly edition. If you haven’t read my ‘Autumn Gardening Jobs’ article yet, start there: Autumn – Permaculture Food Gardening… Read More

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Autumn – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia

Autumn – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, sustainable living consultant, and healthy food advocate. March, April, and May are autumn months. The days are getting shorter and the summer heat is slowly going back. Very slowly, I would say. The ‘summer bugs’ are getting fewer, which is a bonus! We can start to sow and plant the winter crop. Yes! The time of radishes, brassicas, and other subtropical winter veggies has finally arrived. Yummy! While March is still very hot and humid, the following two months will bring some relief, and the garden work becomes a pure pleasure. I promise! Listening to nature… Read More

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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. Hot and humid! However, nature is generous with rain at the moment and we appreciate every single drop and enjoy the food we harvest 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/or very late afternoon hours. In addition to the summer gardening jobs listed below, February is the month when I prune all sorts of my perennial and self-seeding bushes. Especially Pigeon… Read More

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January – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia

January – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, self-sufficient living consultant, and healthy food advocate. January and February are the hottest months in Australia. The gardening hours are limited at this time of the year but we don’t stop growing food. I usually sort my jobs by priority and the list below shows pretty much my food forest summer priorities. Most work is done in the morning and late afternoon. It doesn’t make much sense to grill yourself during the day. Sitting on the veranda and enjoying a cold drink while planning your autumn garden or reading an interesting book is a much better… Read More

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Yucca Blossoms with Bacon and Green Onions – Cooking with Yucca

Cooking with Yucca flowers is fun and the Yucca plant is so easy to grow! Yucca flowers contain high amounts of vitamin C and antioxidants. They can be prepared in many ways like delicious antipasti, omelets, soups, sauteed with tomatoes and onions, pasta sauce, and, and, and. Yucca blossoms taste like something between artichoke and white cabbage. The best way to prepare is to blanche the petals before you start cooking with them. You can freeze the blanched petals for later use. Last night, we had Yucca flowers as a side dish. Delicious! My husband cooked it and here is the recipe. Yucca Blossoms with Bacon and Green Onions –… Read More

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December in the Garden- Permaculture Food Gardening in Australia

December in the Garden- Permaculture Food Gardening in Australia by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, self-sufficient living consultant, and healthy food advocate. Summer is here! Hot and humid days are going to be our companions for the next three months or so with more or less rain however, this doesn’t stop us from producing healthy and delicious food! There is no “food-growing brake” in a self-sufficient homestead. Firstly because we love naturally grown food without any additives, and secondly because many different foods are happily growing during this time of the year. This article might give you some ideas about what can be done, sown, planted, and harvested in the… Read More

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November in the Garden- Permaculture Food Gardening in Australia

November is the month when we can literally watch the food grow. The winter crop is gone, the last cabbages are transformed into sauerkraut and we concentrate on cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, capsicums, and co.
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October in the Garden- Permaculture Food Gardening in Australia

October in the Garden- Permaculture Food Gardening in Australia by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, sustainable living consultant, and healthy food advocate. The days are longer, temperatures are higher, and Mulberries and strawberries are having a ripening competition. October is also the time when we need to protect our ripening nectarines, peaches, blueberries, and co. This article might give you some ideas about what can be done, sown, planted, and harvested in the garden in October in warm and subtropical parts of Australia. Note: this article is based on my experience and the work I do in the food forest. Feel free to comment below if you would like to… Read More

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September in the Garden- Permaculture Food Gardening in Australia

This article might give you some ideas about what can be done, sown, planted, and harvested in the garden in Australia during the month of September. Feel free to comment below if you would like to add or ask something.

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July – Permaculture Food Gardening Australia – Subtropics and Warm Climate

July – Permaculture Food Gardening Australia – Subtropics and Warm Climate by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, sustainable living consultant, and healthy food advocate. We are pretty much in the middle of our subtropical winter. It feels to me like this is the perfect time for reflection. Reflection and appreciation about what is important to us and what we can do to maintain, or improve it. Strolling through the garden while enjoying the warming sunrays, meditating, sitting around the fire, enjoying the time with your loved ones, with the garden, and with yourself. I personally think that the garden is a perfect place to reflect, meditate, and create while feeling… Read More

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