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July – Permaculture Food Gardening Australia – Subtropics and Warm Climate

28/06/202302/07/2023EwaNo Comments

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

May – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia

01/05/202301/05/2023EwaNo Comments

May – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, sustainable living consultant, and healthy food advocate. We are in the middle of the subtropical autumn. The very first “cold-weather” greens and veggies are ready for harvest. Others are starting to compete with each other and with the self-seeded ones which are also trying to claim some space in the garden bed and around, and I love it! Food everywhere 😀 This happens when you allowed them to go into seeds last season. They are simply popping out everywhere and the only job you have is either harvesting or replanting to create more space in the… Read More

April – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia

30/03/202331/03/2023EwaNo Comments

April – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia by Ewa Bekiesch, Permaculture designer, educator, sustainable living consultant, and healthy food advocate. April is the month when we start to feel Autumn, and we love it! The lower temperatures make gardening so much more enjoyable. The first winter seedlings are emerging out of the soil, and you can watch them grow, or at least some of them. Let’s have a look at the jobs that we usually do during this month. General jobs in April Sowing, planting, harvesting I am pretty sure that I forgot about a few, but if so, I will update the list during the month as I… Read More

March – Permaculture Food Gardening in Subtropical Australia

06/03/202330/03/2023Ewa

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 dough it still feels like summer, we do have autumn. The winter sowing and planting have started and I am really 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 I have prepared a list of what is happening in our food forest in March. I’m pretty sure that I forgot about… Read More

Hawaiian Pink Guava – Psidium Guajava

11/04/202206/07/2023Ewa

Hawaiian Pink Guava – Psidium Guajava Who doesn’t love a quick-growing fruit tree that bears delicious fruit within a couple of years after planting, contains lots of nutrients, and benefits your health? Guava is one of them! I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the blossoms and fruits forming just about years after planting the tree in my food forest. The plant was about one year old when I planted it into a slightly raised garden bed. There are many different guava varieties. I have been growing three of them, all delicious and easy to grow, but today, I will concentrate on the Hawaiian Pink Guava – Psidium guajava. General… Read More

Relaxing Permaculture Food Forest Tour With Plant Labels

15/05/201708/05/2022Ewa

I hope you enjoy my food forest tour today with many plant labels including scientific names to help you identify and remember the plants you are interested in. There are more plants I didn’t mention so if you liked this video I will do a next one with the remaining ones. I will go into details about all these plants in my following videos. Enjoy!

Easy Way To Protect Plants From Sun And Bugs

30/04/201708/05/2022Ewa

I just have to share it with you as the gardening makes so much more fun since I started to use the nets over my annuals in the raised veggie patch. It protects the plants from the strong sun we have in Australia over the summer time and of course the bugs have nearly no chance to get in means more harvest for us :).The water comes through as well so easy watering. You just need to make sure that the net you buy is food safe. The best you can buy is made of brand new HDPE: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE). HDPE is used to make bottles for fruit… Read More

My Food Forest Garden March 2017 Photos

27/03/201708/05/2022Ewa

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

Chili Garlic Organic Pest Control

22/03/201708/05/2022Ewa

Here the recipe for my Chili Garlic Tea I am using to get rid of the white mould on my plants and for many different pests in my garden. I always got it in my garden shed, ready to use. I take about 1 cup of chilies and 8-10 cloves of garlic, crash it together in a food processor, add it into about 1.5L of water. Bring it to boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes. Take off the heat, leave until cool. Drain through the sieve and keep the tee it in a jar. Before spraying, dilute 1:2, one part of the chili-garlic tea : two… Read More

My Young Subtropical Food Forest

19/02/201708/05/2022Ewa

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.