Gardening

Comfrey

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

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

Rainbow Celery

Posted May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

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

Eggplants

Posted April 18, 2021 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

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

Azolla – Aquatic Water Weed

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

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

Borage

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

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

Garden Gate Tour

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

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

Landcress

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

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

Vegetable garden

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

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

Dogbane

Posted June 27, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard

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

Making Mulch

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

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