Care farming & gardening in the climate emergency
CGA's President, Naomi Lacey, interviewed with Anthea Fawcett from Nourishing matters to chew on...
CGA's President, Naomi Lacey, interviewed with Anthea Fawcett from Nourishing matters to chew on...
by Sustain: the Australian food network, 2020...
A small to a medium-sized shrub that rarely exceeds 2m in height but can reach up to 4.5m.
Saltbush, it grows in coastal ecosystems and dry inland areas of Australia.
Pig face is a sprawling succulent common on coastal sand dunes. Noticable for its bright magenta or pale yellow-coloured flowers and thick, juicy angular leaves, it is an Australian bush food.
Finger lime is a tasty and citrusy small tree for the home and community garden as well as for the commercial orchard.
The little red fruit on the ground was the giveaway. Reddish and around a centimetre in diameter — the lillypilly...
A lush evergreen tree typically reaching about 10m in height, it has been known to grow to 25m in some areas.
In the tropics, this tree tends more towards being a spindly shrub that can grow up to about 4m in height.
Lemon myrtle is an indigenous Australian tree for larger community or home gardens unless grown as a pruned specimen.