joe
Member since: Aug 08 | Last seen: Jan 08 | Years gardening: 10 | Organic gardener
Hello fellow gardeners!
I’ve been here, at this house and Australia for the last year and a half, originally from Seattle.
I’ve been attempting to grow as much of our food as possible for at least the last 10 years. I’m a chef for a living and have always had at least an herb garden.
And I’m loving the growing season here, for most things year-around…. if we can be smart about it.
I’m also loving all of the things that grow here, mangos, bananas, citrus, passionfruit…. even low-chill stone fruit.
I’ve had a few failures, but I’m learning.
My front yard is mostly clay and I’m attempting to turn it into a food forest. The back yard is a gentle slope and the soil is beautiful, that’s really half of the work isn’t it?
I’d love to know what others are growing, how they are going about it, and what they are cooking with it.
Cheers
Joe
Gardens
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Zone 10 A small collection of citrus, stone fruits, an apple, bay laurel, and olives. All still young, but promising.
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Zone 10 Close to the back door, Red Oak lettuce Garlic Fennel (bulb-type) asparagus (Colossus)- I should move them to Plot 3, beans (Purple King) elephant ...
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Zone 10 Not far from the back door. Broad beans, broccoli, beetroot, silverbeet, peas, garlic, herbs, lacinato kale, and turnips. Ever evolving…
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Zone 10 Farthest from the back door, I should put in things that I only harvest once here….. At the moment, potatoes, garlic, broccoli, silverbeet, t...
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Zone 10 I’m trying to turn a full sun, clay soil slope into a food forest… of fruit trees and bushes. So far, a mango, 4 bananas, 2 coffees, an...
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