James Ruse Agricultural High School is located in Carlingford, NSW. Agriculture is a compulsory subject for all junior classes. It is also a Selective High School and draws some of the most brilliant minds. The 6.5ha farm in suburbia is both an outdoor learning space and peaceful area for students to unwind between their studies. […]
Growing Bushfoods by Cath Manuel Looking for new plants to grow in your garden or interesting foods to use in the kitchen? Consider choosing a few Australian native plants and enjoy our bushfoods! Growing bushfoods suitable to your region makes a garden ‘low maintenance’ and provides delicious tasting foods to enhance flavours and colours in […]
Spring – September/October Spring fruits – avocados, cumquats, grapefruit, lemons, loquats, mandarins, blood oranges, Seville oranges, rhubarb, tangelos, tangerine Spring vegetables – asparagus, bok choy, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, choy sum, garlic, kohlrabi, leeks, salad, spring onions, peas, potato, silverbeet, spinach For a delicious seasonal recipe ‘beetroot dip’ click here
Winter fruits Apples Avocados Cumquats Grapefruit Lemons Limes Mandarins Navel oranges Pears Persimmon Quinces Rhubarb Tangelos Tangerines Winter vegetables Bok choy Beetroot Broccoli Brussels sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Chicory Choy sum Daikon radish Fennel Garlic Horseradish Jerusalem artichoke Kale Kohlrabi Okra Olives Onions Parsnip Peas Potato Pumpkin Shallots Silverbeet Spinach Swede Sweet potato Turnip
Mercy Place Rice Village planted their very own vegetable garden in 2016 to grow fresh produce to use in their daily meals. Five years on it is still thriving and yields and abundance of salad greens, silverbeet, lemongrass and fresh herbs. The garden is maintained by two residents with keen green thumbs and Mercy Place […]
