The winter veg day went well,we were pretty much cleaned out of stock! Thanks to everyone who came along.
Anyway, now we have some space to propagate....
We are always looking for new cultivars and species to try out in Melbourne, so here is our wishlist, a list of things we haven't propagated yet or want new cultivars of. Bring seed at any time, but remember that cuttings often need to be taken in the right season.
Email us if you have any of these you would like to share! We can give you any details on how and when to take cuttings and divisions.
Important at the moment and coming up are divisions of Raspberries and Thornless Blackberries, seeds for Yellow Cherry Guavas and cuttings of Fig, Mulberry and Pommegranite cultivars when they are dormant. We will have some kind of root crop day soon as well, but more on that later....
View the list here as a webpage or see below if you can get it to scroll down... up and down keys might work.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Winter Vegetables
We currently have a selection of unusual winter vegetables, all perennial and great for edible landscapes and forest gardens. Plant them once and they'll hang around like a bad smell! Well, hopefully a good smell, and you can just kick back and harvest them when you need them.
You can can take some home by donation on Saturday 21st May, 2pm at Merristem. Well let you know how to grow and eat them, and there will even be a pot of hot soup to warm the bones and sample some of the veges.
Plants include:
And lots more...
You can can take some home by donation on Saturday 21st May, 2pm at Merristem. Well let you know how to grow and eat them, and there will even be a pot of hot soup to warm the bones and sample some of the veges.
Plants include:
- Bunching onions (many cultivars)
- Bunching leaks
- Three cornered onion
- Artichoke
- Good King Henry
- Perrennial nettles - Urtica dioica
- Pepino
- Cape Gooseberry
- Lemon Sorrel
- Warrigal Spinach
- Edible Cannas
- Chinese artichoke
- Marshmallow
- Fools cress - Apium nodiflorum (some call it lebanese land cress)
- Water celery - Oenanthe javonica
- Cranberry Hybiscus - Hybiscus acetosella
And lots more...
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