Gardening

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 […]

New Poly Tunnel in the Food Forest

Posted June 12, 2020July 26, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Projects, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

Everyone seems to be building polytunnels in their veggie gardens these days. Now that we have one, I can […]

Dogbane

Posted June 2, 2020 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

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