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Category: Gardening

May 15, 2021Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Recipe, Vegetable Garden

Comfrey

We’ve been trying different plants around the herb spiral border and Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is ticking all of the boxes. […]

May 1, 2021May 1, 2021Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Rainbow Celery

The edible, perennial and aquatic Rainbow Water Celery (Oenanthe javanica) is growing beautifully in the food forest dam at Booyong. […]

April 18, 2021Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Eggplants

Eggplant is one of my favourite vegetables and there are so many wonderful varieties to grow. This year we’ve grown […]

January 16, 2021Aquatic Plants, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden, Weeds

Azolla – Aquatic Water Weed

I love discovering new plants at Booyong – it makes me so happy and is always good to know the […]

July 26, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Borage

After several attempts, we have finally had success growing Borage at Booyong. The poly tunnel and netting are what helped […]

July 20, 2020Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Garden Gate Tour

We were privileged to host the first Byabarra Garden Gate tour last weekend. The idea is that each of us […]

July 14, 2020July 16, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Landcress

Our lovely neighbour Mette gifted us some land cress and we have recently been able to separate it and share […]

July 5, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Projects, Vegetable Garden

Vegetable garden

During isolation, we decided to turn the rabbit hutch into a veggie garden. We loved our bunnies, but Rabbits can […]

June 27, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard

Dogbane

This beautifully winter flowering plant is said to repel dogs and cats. It is commonly known as Dogbane (Plectranthus caninus) […]

June 17, 2020Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Machinery, Projects, Vegetable Garden

Making Mulch

Honestly, making our own mulch from fallen branches has made us so happy. It’s noisy and it takes allot of […]

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