Orchard

Eggplants

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

So excited to see our Passionfruit vine near the shack producing fruit this Summer, it’s lovely and sweet and the […]

Our lovely Wauchopian neighbour Meg gifted us a cutting of this perennial White Basil (Ocimum basilicum spp ) during Garden […]

This one was hard to identify and we were happy to discover it is a Tamarind Indica Tree. Growing – […]

This bright yellow coloured perennial herb Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) has been grown at Booyong to attract beneficial insects and […]

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

Bergamot – Lemon Mint (Monarda citriodora) – This herb alluded us until recently, we thought it may be a mint […]

Who knew snapdragons were edible? We loved the flowers on the snapdragons at Booyong this Winter, they were so bright […]

I have mints coming out of ears at the moment and I must admit the identification process is a little […]

Wasabi Lettuce (Brassica juncea) is growing in the veggie patch at Booyong, it has a very distinct wasabi flavour and […]