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[Wosh]

No matter big or small garden, farm or apartment, its so easy to grow a few things to eat and it’s such a good feeling. Taste wise you can’t compare home grown food to the cardboard tasting, plastic wrapped crap they pass off as produce in the supermarket.
We are lucky where we live we have an abundance of room and resources to grow a fair bit of food, if you have any farmers markets near you try those, makes a world of difference.

I’ve been a passionate grower and cook for many years, to me nothing beats going outside, picking a few things and turning them into a meal. Sometimes its heaps of vegis and fruit, sometimes it just a few herbs, but I try to use at least one thing from the garden in every meal. I also love pickling and preserving.

Here’s just a small snapshot of some of the earthy things that make me happy
Nearly everything we use from beds, manures, jars are either free, second hand or cheap, we also chuck everything on a compost which gives us beautiful free soil.
Most things are grown from seed too which is much cheaper.
We’re not necessarily organic or vegetarian, but try to be sustainable.








Even in the smallest garden/apartment you can grow something without spending a lot and it’s very satisfying I’d love to see other peoples gardens/cooking big or small and maybe inspire or help someone give it a go. A bit of effort and some scavenging skills can go a long way

 

[Wosh]

Proper Gander food and kittens

 

[Dingster]

When the apocalypse hits, I'm moving in to yours Wosh

We have a mango tree which was productive in Jan and Mrs Ding regularly sends me out to pluck some of her curry leaves.

 

[Wosh]

When the apocalypse hits, I'm moving in to yours Wosh

We have a mango tree which was productive in Jan and Mrs Ding regularly sends me out to pluck some of her curry leaves.

Oh God I’d probably give all that up for one mango tree Got any photos? Also of Mrs.Dings curries yummo

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Two of my heroes- compost and beetroot.

The other day I taught two 30 yo kiddie friends my favourite salad.

Roasted beetroot, skinned and sliced and placed on a plate with alternated de-skinned Ruby Grapefruit segments with a light chive and lemony yoghurt dressing.

 

[Dingster]

Oh God I’d probably give all that up for one mango tree Got any photos? Also of Mrs.Dings curries yummo

We plucked what I could reach of the mangoes before the bats got to them. She covered the spare room floor with them (in hay) then when they ripened made heaps of ziplock bags full of them cut up to freeze. They are really tasty compared to the store ones. Mrs Ding also makes a chutney out of them which is too spicy for my palate but others rave.

Here’s the curry leaves.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

When the apocalypse hits, I'm moving in to yours Wosh

We have a mango tree which was productive in Jan and Mrs Ding regularly sends me out to pluck some of her curry leaves.

Have a try at growing Cardamon. It is like ginger and does well in banjo-land. Scents the garden, the leaves are great to wrap fish in before bbging. The flowers are beautiful, orchid like and of course the seeds are wonderful for cooking.

 

[Wosh]

Have a try at growing Cardamon. It is like ginger and does well in banjo-land. Scents the garden, the leaves are great to wrap fish in before bbging. The flowers are beautiful, orchid like and of course the seeds are wonderful for cooking.

I use cardamon in heaps of cooking but I can’t grow it in Melbourne, one of my fav Indian spices.
MWPP get around this, plant based Indian food ploise! I made a cucumber raita the other day from the garden

 

[Wosh]

We plucked what I could reach of the mangoes before the bats got to them. She covered the spare room floor with them (in hay) then when they ripened made heaps of ziplock bags full of them cut up to freeze. They are really tasty compared to the store ones. Mrs Ding also makes a chutney out of them which is too spicy for my palate but others rave.

Here’s the curry leaves.

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I think Bunnings have them, I want one but most people here reckon they only do well in a greenhouse.

 

[Wosh]

Two of my heroes- compost and beetroot.

The other day I taught two 30 yo kiddie friends my favourite salad.

Roasted beetroot, skinned and sliced and placed on a plate with alternated de-skinned Ruby Grapefruit segments with a light chive and lemony yoghurt dressing.

My beetroot borscht
Beetroot, spring onions and shallots from the garden.



That salad sounds good

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

I use cardamon in heaps of cooking but I can’t grow it in Melbourne, one of my fav Indian spices.
MWPP get around this, plant based Indian food ploise! I made a cucumber raita the other day from the garden

Yep. Grew it in Brisbane and it was great. Moved back to Melbourne and have tried without success.

Still there are umpteen things that can be grown in a house or flat or Melbourne. I love that lots of folks here now plant in their nature strips or raised beds and it is a community thing.

 

[MWPP]

I’ll have to take some photos of our garden when I’m home but we have mint, lemons and mangoes
And some flowers too

I have raitha everyday Wosh but sadly not from garden veggies!
Our mangoes are still quite raw for the time of year sadly Dingster but cut raw mangoes are tasty in a salad or in a pickle

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

I’ll have to take some photos of our garden when I’m home but we have mint, lemons and mangoes
And some flowers too

I have raitha everyday Wosh but sadly not from garden veggies!
Our mangoes are still quite raw for the time of year sadly Dingster but cut raw mangoes are tasty in a salad or in a pickle

Yep. Perfect for pickle. Had two massive mango trees in Brisbane. Unhappily they were stringy but picked green and sharp they perfect for pickling and chutneys and the odd gallon of mango based cocktails.

 

[Barrybran]

How long did it take you to grow the cat, Wosh? Are they best grown in the shade or full sun?

 

[Wosh]

How long did it take you to grow the cat, Wosh? Are they best grown in the shade or full sun?

That one grew in the wild like a pokemon.

 

[Wosh]

So hubby and I have got a rather nasty flu at the moment, I’m bad but he’s worse, rotten head cold and very sore throat (no rona, its a thing going around, gastro coming)

Picked this just now and I’m going to make a lovely fresh soup we can get down.
Everything from the garden except peas and potatoes.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

That one grew in the wild like a pokemon.

Yikes! Pokemon spread like a virus or the potato blight in Ireland. Some poor kids never recovered. Look at por_please_ya

 

[Allikat]

I think Bunnings have them, I want one but most people here reckon they only do well in a greenhouse.

I've got a friend in Cheltenham who's successfully grown a mango tree. I'll check with him tomorrow what breed it is, because that makes a huge difference on where you can grow them.

My garden died a little when I was sick last year so I'm currently trying to work out what to replace everything with. My chilli plant is wrecked, so I have to get a new one, but my strawberries are still going good

 

[Wosh]

I've got a friend in Cheltenham who's successfully grown a mango tree. I'll check with him tomorrow what breed it is, because that makes a huge difference on where you can grow them.

My garden died a little when I was sick last year so I'm currently trying to work out what to replace everything with. My chilli plant is wrecked, so I have to get a new one, but my strawberries are still going good

Pics!
It’s been such a shitty summer here, we’ve barely strung 2 warm days together and the gardens have struggled. Its Autumn already in 2 weeks...hard to believe

 

[I Dont Care]

We plucked what I could reach of the mangoes before the bats got to them. She covered the spare room floor with them (in hay) then when they ripened made heaps of ziplock bags full of them cut up to freeze. They are really tasty compared to the store ones. Mrs Ding also makes a chutney out of them which is too spicy for my palate but others rave.

Here’s the curry leaves.

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When are you going to plant it out? They are a tree

 

[I Dont Care]

So hubby and I have got a rather nasty flu at the moment, I’m bad but he’s worse, rotten head cold and very sore throat (no rona, its a thing going around, gastro coming)

Picked this just now and I’m going to make a lovely fresh soup we can get down.
Everything from the garden except peas and potatoes.

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Make him eat a clove of that garlic, best thing for colds

 

[Wosh]

Make him eat a clove of that garlic, best thing for colds

Putting heaps of garlic in the soup. He wouldn’t get just a clove down right now.

 

[Wosh]

Yikes! Pokemon spread like a virus or the potato blight in Ireland. Some poor kids never recovered. Look at por_please_ya

I’m not a kid and I love pokemon I still go catching sometimes...when we’re allowed out of our friggin houses.

 

[I Dont Care]

Does anyone know the best thing to do to get your lemon and citrus trees up and running?

 

[Proper Gander]

Does anyone know the best thing to do to get your lemon and citrus trees up and running?

Buy really big, established ones