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It's summer berry season and the boysenberries are fruiting! 🙂 Boysenberries are a blackberry hybrid, most likely crossed with a loganberry and raspberry. The berries are much larger than blackberries, and have a juicy, sweet tart flavour, combing the rich wine flavour of blackberry with the tang of loganberry and the sweetness and floral aroma of raspberry. #berries #boysenberry #brambles #brambleberry #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyCranberries have very unique looking flowers, but they're not often noticed because they're so small! In case you're wondering, they take about two years before they start flowering. 🙂 #flowers #unusualflowers #cranberry #cranberryflowers #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyThese interesting pink-purple flowers are the flowers of the comfrey plant, which is a member of the Boraginaceae (Borage) family. This is a very useful plant, it's leaves can be used as a compost starter, and to make fertiliser. It's often planted along chicken runs as a forage plant, the leaves are very high in protein, and contain vitamins A, C, E and several B vitamins, even B12! Comfrey is also a traditional medicinal herb, and in farming it's used as a nutrient trap on slopes at the edges of properties. The deep tap roots can mine nutrients and reclaim them, bringing them back to the surface in the leaves, preventing nutrient loss from a site. 😲 #comfrey #permacultureplants #herbs #medicinalherbs #medicinalplants #chickenforage #flowers #pinkflowers #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyBlueberries in all their glory, they're as nutritious as they are pretty! 🙂 I've had the best success growing blueberries in pots because it's easier to create the soil conditions they need, acidic, moist and well draining. Most gardeners don't realise how much water blueberries need in summer. In the main garden beds here they get quite straggly with sparse foliage and produce low yields. When growing in garden beds, to save water, plant blueberries together with other thirsty plants which require full sun, and provide extra water to that garden bed only. #blueberries #berries #superfoods #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardeningeadonably #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyA close-up photo of the unusual and rather pretty bell-shaped flower of the Chilean guava, (Ugni molinae or Myrtus ugni) which produces a small deep red berries around 1cm in size, packed with a sweet, fruity and slightly spicy flavour. These plants are attractive shrubs which can be hedged, and are quite easy to grow. 🙂 #flowers #berryflowers #chileanguava #berries #ediblehedge #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyHorehound bug (Agonoscelis rutila) is a member of the family of insects known as shield bugs or stink bugs, which are sap-sucking pest insects. These armoured little marauders display bright warning colours alert potential predators such as birds and lizards to beware! Stink bugs have an interesting chemical defense, they emit a foul odour when disturbed.These bugs also can sequester (bind and store) pungent mustard oil compounds called glucosinolates in their bodies, which they obtain by feeding on plants from the brassica family, making them taste bad to predators, causing a long lasting burning taste in the mouth. 😲 Thankfully they have many natural enemies which eat them still, planting wildflowers and herbs will attract parasitic wasps and flies. Praying mantises will eat the adults. Nature has things under control... 🙂 #insects #bugs #horehoundbug #stinkbug #shieldbug #orangebug #orangeandblackbug #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyYou know the warm season has arrived when nature is filled with flowers and bees! 😉🌸🐝 #bee #insects #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotography #savethebeesLooks a bit like a fancy hibiscus flower, but it's really a small lemon-scented pelargonium flower photographed really close up! These plants exude an insect repellent lemon-scented oil from the leaves when brushed against or when the wind blows the branches and the leaves rub against each other. A useful companion plant in the garden. 😉 #flowers #pinkflowers #pelargonium #lemonscentedpelargonium #companionplants #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotography
Category Archives: Pests, Diseases & Problems
What is Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
The problem of garden pest control is as old as agriculture itself, which started when humanity first cultivated plants for food more than ten thousand years ago. Modern conventional pest control methods often use chemical controls as the first option, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening Information, Pests, Diseases & Problems, What's New!
Tagged biological controls, chemical controls, creating an IPM program, cultural controls, ecological gardening, how does IPM work, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, mechanical controls, minimising chemical use in gardens, natural pest control, physucal controls, problem with chemical controls, reducing environmental impact in pest control, strategic pest management, strategy
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Why Citrus Fruit Drops and Flowers Fail to Develop
Is your citrus tree dropping its fruit before they reach full size, or even worse, dropping the flowers before fruit even begin to form? Trees photosynthesise to produce carbohydrates such as sugars which they store as their energy source. … Continue reading
Apple Tree Problems – Sun Scald
Sun scald is not a disease, but damage caused to apples and many other fruit, caused by high temperatures and strong sunlight in summer. Typically, sun scald damage appear on sun-exposed side, which is usually towards the direction of the … Continue reading
Citrus Nutrient Deficiency – Yellow Leaves
If leaves are yellowing on a citrus tree, it may be a sign of nutrient deficiency, but it may not be, depending on which leaves are yellowing. Older leaves yellowing are quite normal as long as it’s only happening to … Continue reading
Horticultural Glues and Tree Banding Trees to Controls Ants and Other Pests
Glue-banding of tree trunks is an effective technique for controlling various pests of fruit trees. A waterproof band covered in horticultural glue, an aggressive long-lasting adhesive, is wrapped around the trunk of the tree to create a sticky barrier which … Continue reading
