Blueberry Hill? I am thinking of renaming my place Blueberry Hill after the number of blueberry bushes that I now have producing fruit! The only problem being that I am at the bottom of the hill, not up the top? How it started? It all started with one little blueberry...
Feeding our Native Birds: Sharing the fruits of our labours Now before anyone goes into a frenzy about how it is not good to feed our native birds, I will start by saying this posts is not about leaving our "human" foods like breads or seeds for our native birds. It...
My Top 10 Fruit trees to grow in the Sub-tropics I was giving a presentation to a Horticultural group the other day about Edible Gardening, and mentioned that my Tropical Apricot fruit tree has finally deigned to flower! The group were very interested in an Apricot...
One of my biggest frustrations is removing the old jar labels from commercial jars. And I am sure that I am not alone in my frustrations! So why is this such a frustration? Well, as regular readers of my blogs would know, I love turning excess produce into jams and...
How to Grow Vanilla Beans in Australia I can't believe that my vanilla bean orchid is out in flower again. I mean I shouldn't be surprised as it is September, and it flowers every September. It's just that it seems to have come around sooo quickly! For those not in...
What Fruit Tree is That? I was talking with a client the other day about some of the more unusual fruit trees you can grow in the subtropics. One of the fruit trees growing successfully in my garden at the moment is the Brazilian cherry, also known as Pitanga or...