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Judy

Judy's Edible Container garden

Garden Type: Container | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Potting Mix I'm Organic!

Living in the tropics necessitates well-shaded gardens to reduce home cooling costs. As Darwin is a cyclone prone area, the most likely trees to survive from year to year are palm trees which have huge root bowls underground and minimal windage aboveground. Unfortunately this creates problems for edible gardens on a suburban lot – very little full-sun and root-free positions. I found the best solution to be container gardening. Some of the advantages are:

1. Can move the containers to the sunniest positions throughout the year

2. Can bring the containers indoors when a cyclone threatens (non-trellis ones, that is)

3. Avoid waterlogging that occurs during the wet season

4. Easier to use exclusion pest control methods

5. Can easily raise the containers to favourable working height, and out of the reach of pets.

Photos

Plantings

  • Cucumber 'Lebanese'

    Cucumber 'Lebanese'

    Cucumis sativus

    Sown on 09 Jul 08

    • 6 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Chinese Cabbage 'Tropical Pride'

    Chinese Cabbage 'Tropical Pride'

    Brassica rapa (Chinensis Group)

    Sown on 09 Jul 08

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Snake Beans 'Black Seeded'

    Snake Beans 'Black Seeded'

    Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis

    Sown on 08 Jul 08

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Chinese Broccoli

    Chinese Broccoli

    Brassica oleracea (Alboglabra Group)

    Sown on 09 Jun 08 Location: Green Box 31

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Eggplant 'Black Beauty'

    Eggplant 'Black Beauty'

    Solanum melongena

    Sown on 09 Jun 08 The eggplant, aubergine or brinjal (Solanum mel...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Pak Tsoi

    Pak Tsoi

    Brassica rapa (Chinensis Group)

    Sown on 09 Jun 08 Location: Green Box 32

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Chilli 'Paprika'

    Chilli 'Paprika'

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Longum Group)

    Sown on 31 May 08 I noticed that the backstairs receive six hours...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Lemon Balm

    Lemon Balm

    Melissa officinalis

    Sown on 31 May 08 I noticed that the backstairs receive six hours...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Chilli 'Purple Tiger'

    Chilli 'Purple Tiger'

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Longum Group)

    Sown on 30 May 08 I noticed that the backstairs receive six hours...

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Snake Beans 'Black Seeded'

    Snake Beans 'Black Seeded'

    Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis

    Sown on 24 May 08 This time, rather than twelve seeds in two boxe...

    • 6 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Rockmelon 'Hales Best'

    Rockmelon 'Hales Best'

    Cucumis melo

    Sown on 05 May 08 This singular planting was made into a seedling...

    • 8 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Carrot 'Little Finger'

    Carrot 'Little Finger'

    Daucus carota subsp. sativus

    Sown on 02 May 08 The variety has been chosen to suit the homemad...

    • 6 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Nasturtium

    Nasturtium

    Tropaeolum majus

    Sown on 26 Apr 08 Planted for the native bees and for colour.

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Tomato 'Tommy Toe' - Stair Planting

    Tomato 'Tommy Toe' - Stair Planting

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Sown on 22 Apr 08 I transplanted two Tommy Toe tomato seedlings i...

    • 5 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 2 comments

  • Tomatoes 'Grosse Lisse'

    Tomatoes 'Grosse Lisse'

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Sown on 22 Apr 08 This is the second planting attempt. I tried gr...

    • 9 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Tomato 'Tommy Toe'

    Tomato 'Tommy Toe'

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Sown on 22 Apr 08 This is the second planting attempt. I tried gr...

    • 5 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Tomato 'Heirloom Mixture'

    Tomato 'Heirloom Mixture'

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Sown on 22 Apr 08 I purchased this "Ten Colour Heirloom Mix" just...

    • 8 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Lime 'Kaffir'

    Lime 'Kaffir'

    Citrus x hystrix

    Purchased on 07 Mar 08 I wanted to use fresh (rather than dried) kaffi...

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Lime 'Darwin'

    Lime 'Darwin'

    Citrus latifolia

    Purchased on 07 Mar 08 A lime tree bred/developed in my city - just ha...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Curry Leaf Tree

    Curry Leaf Tree

    Murraya koenigii

    Purchased on 12 Feb 08 Purchased specifically for use in Indian cookin...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Fig 'Brown'

    Fig 'Brown'

    Ficus carica

    Purchased on 07 Feb 08 I was on a spending spree in the fruit tree sec...

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Rambutan

    Rambutan

    Nephelium lappaceum

    Sown on 01 Feb 08 After eating a rambutan fruit one day, on a whi...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Winged Bean

    Winged Bean

    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

    Sown on 29 Jan 08 Location: Box 2

    • 8 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 3 comments
    • Happy

  • Chilli 'Jalapeno'

    Chilli 'Jalapeno'

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Longum Group)

    Sown on 18 Jan 08 Location: Box 3 and Terracotta Pot 1

    • 6 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Lime 'Tahitian'

    Lime 'Tahitian'

    Citrus latifolia

    Purchased on 10 Oct 07

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Lemon Grass

    Lemon Grass

    Cymbopogon citratus

    This grass was propagated from some stalks of l...

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

Comments

  • Tracy27

    Tracy27 wrote:

    I’ve been doing Earthbox/container gardening for about 5 years now, and I love it. The yield-to-space ratio is awesome, and I love having the flexibility to move things around. Looks like you have a great setup.

    Posted on 26 May 08 (about 1 years ago)

  • Judy

    Judy wrote:

    Thanks for the comment and the buddy add. Now I can follow your progress too. I’ve just been looking at your “Garden Re-Org” photos on flickr – your garden is thriving and looks absolutely gorgeous. The one thing that sometimes disappoints me about my garden is the fact that I have set it up with emphasis on practicality rather than aesthetics.

    Posted on 26 May 08 (about 1 years ago)

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