Salad Leaves:

Betel leaf
Brazilian Spinach
Ceylon Spinach
Cranberry Hibiscus
Sweet Leaf-Katuk
Lagos Spinach
Lebanese Cress
Mushroom plant
Okinawa Spinach
Sorrel - Garden Sorrel- French Sorrel- Red vein Sorrel- Sheep Sorrel
Surinam Spinach
Chicory- germ & red leaf varieties
Sambung Spinach
Rock Samphire
Toothache Plant
Mukunu-wenna
chick weed
Drumstick Tree
Dandelion (true)
Nasturtium (leaf & flower)
Radicchio
Rocket- wild & ordinary rocket
Wasabi Rocket
Upland Cress
Kang Kong  spinach- great for stir fries
Asian Salad Greens

Herbs and edible plants & Trees

Aibika- Island cabbage- Island greens ( used for wraps or cooked as any spinach) Three varieties.
Perella
Shiso- purple
Gotu Kola
Comfrey
Hyssop
Brahmi
Bay Tree
Mugwort
Wormwood
Lemon Scented Myrtle
Miracle Plant
Mother of Herbs- Spanish Thyme variegated
Mint- Moroccan mint- Peppermint-Garden mint
Japanese Mitsuba (large leaf parsley)
Parsley-Italian
Japanese Menthol
Marjoram
Lemon Grass
Lemon Balm
Lemon Verbena
Arrowroot
Dill
Cardamon Leaf
Tumeric
Ginger
Coriander Saw-Tooth perennial
Vietnamese mint
Tandy
Feverfew
Sage
Mallow
Fat hen
Echinacea
Choko
Passionfruit vine (yellow)
Lemon tree
Kaffir Lime tree
Tahitian Lime
White Mulberry tree
Purple Mulberry tree
Dragon Fruit Cactus
Madagascar bean
Lavender- french
Sweet Potato
Gogi berry
Atherton Raspberry
Grapevine
Davidson Plum
Jabotacaba tree
Banana
Cherry Guave
Wampi Fruit Tree
Lemonade Tree
Rhubarb Plant
Elderberry
Rosemary
Cotton plant
Luffa
Yarrow
Aloe Vera
Tarragon
Finger Lime
Amaranth
Chives ordinary chives - Garlic Chives & Society Garlic
Scented Geranium- Rose & Peppermint
Warrigal Spinach
Herb Robert
Alpine Strawberries
Blueberry bush


Edible weeds
Chickweed
Amaranth
Blackberry Nightshade
Dandelion
Fat Hen
Mallow
Nasturtium
Nettle
Oxalis
Plantain
Purslane
Sow Thistle
Wild brassicas
Cobblers pegs- young leaves
Dock & Sorrel
Sida Retucia

Garden Construction Projects.

A more secure hen house was needed....became more like Fort Knox but the girls very happy!

A cleverly 'repurposed' wooden spoon for a gate lach!

Several trips to the demolition yard and a 'new gate' for the side garden too.

Snowy checks it out for size.

A garden shelter is erected from a combination of old timber & new timber with a base of recycled bricks. A windy path leads from the house to the garden retreat. A spot that has some cool breezes on hot days under the tree shade.








New front garden for herbs & flowers

New garden Complete & ready for filling with soil & compost. Another triumph for the resident structural engineering genius!






 This bed will be the home of some flowers and herbs to cheer the entry way at the front stairs.

More trips to the demolition yard for supplies to enclose the expanded  vegetable garden  so we can enjoy the harvest and not have to share with the local wildlife.

Origional edges were supported by plastic netting & cardboard held in place by bamboo sticks but this was not strong enough to support the depth.

More substantial edges was added using recycled material from the demolition yard.(old shelving)

Old roofing iron has been used to construct some raised garden beds.

Planted Garden

A garden in the making with successes & failures. Building up the soil & utilizing sun & shade.

Finding just the right spots for things to grow happily. 

Watching the Dragon fruit Cactus grow, develop amazing night flowers & delicious fruit, learning how to hand pollinate the flowers....oops! they too high up the wall in our absence and a ladder was needed to reach them.

The red fruit is deliciously fragrant.

Night flowering flowers are spectacular

This was the largest of the harvest so far!

Planted Bananas are growing and have developed bunches. We await the first harvest.

A climbing frame was errected for the Passionfruit. An ample supply of ripening Panama Yellow's has attracted others interested in the harvest.

Who? Not me!

I'm innocent.

Netting seemed the only way to ensure we got to taste some of the harvest
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Garden Residents & Visitors

We share the garden space with other residents and visitors.

Whoops! That wire was supposed to protect the Sunflower seedlings!

Wild Ferments / Starters & Sourdoughs

At last I'm back to feeding my Starters and being rewarded with delicious Sourdough Breads.

Liquid Levain


Rye Levain

Whoops! This one got a bit carried away....could have made 2 smaller loaves.

 Waiting for the loaves to rise. One Rye & One wholemeal.

Cultured Cream & other delicacies

Delicious and easy as well as loaded with gut friendly critters.
http://www.culturesforhealth.com/sour-cream/

Have been experimenting with Lacto ferments  like the cultured vegetables and Lacto fermented Whole Grain Mustard & Cultured cream in the picture.

Lacto ferments of Carrot sticks & Dill Beans are hard to resist. So delicious and refreshing.

Kefir has been on the menu for some time and can also be used to make Kefir cheese and whey.

Sauerkraut

First batches were successfully made in an old glass jar that I think used to be a Pablo coffee jar (very cheap & nasty coffee but an excellent straight sided large jar)

Since then I have acquired a German made fermenting Pot.

Great, as its a set & forget with a water moat seal under the lid.

   This pot also has ceramic weighting stones  to keep              the vegetables submerged.