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Colourful flowers brighten up gloomy winter days, and these vibrant pink Primula flowers do their part to bring some cheer, year after year! 🙂 These happy little annuals self-seed easily and reliably reappear around the garden with the change of the seasons. #flowers #pinkflowers #winterflowers #primula #annualflowers #deepgreenpermacultureHellebores flower in winter, which is why they're called Winter Roses or Christmas Roses! These delightful plants grow in moist, shady locations in the garden, and they come in a range of really interesting colours. Hellebores are toxic, so they won't be eaten by any unwelcome animals in the garden such as deer, rabbits! 🙂 #flowers #winterflowers #hellebore #winterrose #christmasrose #redflowers #shadegarden #deerresistantplants #deepgreenpermaculturePepino fruit ripening, this one is the size of grapefruit already! They're normally about as big as a tamarillo fruit. Pepino fruit taste like cantaloupe or rockmelon with a bit of a different aftertaste but they're actually related to the Nightshade (Solanacea) family just like tomatoes are. Fruit turn a pale golden-yellow colour with purple stripes when ripe. They're a scrambling perennial plant that fruits better when tied to a support. #fruit #exoticfruit #pepino #pepinodulce #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureThe last of my Nightingale persimmons for the season, huge fruit from a semi-dwarf tree variety. These are astringent persimmon, eaten when they're soft and sugary sweet. I've just grafted non-astringent Fuyu persimmon {also known as vanilla persimmon} to both my trees, will know in a few months if the grafts are successful! #fruit #fruitrees #persimmon #nightingale #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureNature's recycling system, compost worms can eat their own body weight in food each day, twice as much as regular earthworms. They are surface feeders and can't burrow deep into the soil like earthworms can to escape the heat of summer, so they can't survive in the garden. They need thick layers of composting organic material on the soil surface to feed on, or a worm farm well-supplied with kitchen scraps! https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/diy-instructions/worm-farming/ #worms #compostworms #earthworms #wormfarm #vermicomposting #wormfarming #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureBlack Tuscan kale growing in the winter garden. Hailed as a 'superfood' in recent times, this nutritious leafy green also has an amazing leaf colour and texture, creating a showy display in a garden full of vegetables! 🙂 #vegetables #leafyvegetables #healthfood #superfoods #kale #blacktuscankale #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureManzano hedging chilli fruiting in winter. This perennial chilli grows in cold climates and will grow year after year. Height is around 1m high. The chillies are fairly mild in heat, similar to a Jalapeno. They are easy to identify with their purple flowers and black seeds. #chillies #manzano #manzanochilli #coldclimatechilli #perennialedibleplants #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureWinter jasmine brings some warm colour to the winter garden. Unlike the other jasmines, this species (Jasminium nudiflorum) which is native to China is not fragrant, and it's much less vigorous, more of a small scrambling shrub than a climber which flowers prolifically in the cool seasons, just before springtime! The golden trumpet-shaped flowers of winter jasmine are too deep for bees to collect the nectar, but they can use the flowers as a source of pollen, so this plant is often included in bee-friendly gardens. #winterflowers #winterjasmine #flowers #yellowflowers #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture
Category Archives: Pests, Diseases & Problems
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
Organic Control of Curl Grubs in Lawn
Curl Grub larvae (credits – CSIRO Australia scienceimage) If you’ve ever been digging in the garden and discovered plump, pale coloured grubs beneath the soil that curl up into a “C” shape when disturbed, these are Curl Grubs. Curl grubs … Continue reading
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