Growing potatoes in the Geraldton area can be done during the winter but is never as successful as in a colder wetter climate. Growing sweet potatoes on the other hand is a highly productive less intensive exercise. The beauty of sweet potatoes you can continue to harvest and grow them throughout the year. I find the easiest way to dig them up is to with water pressure using a garden hose with a high pressure hozzle. I locate where the plant is rooted and squirt down and around until I feel the roots. In summer they can sometimes be 200mm deep depending on how you how they are irrigated. I take the bigger sweet potatoes and leave the plant in the ground. The extra water gives it a good start to continue growing.
This season we have three varieties of sweet potatoes available for sale. NZ kumara, Whyatt’s White and a purple fleshed variety. $11 each.
We also have a range of other interesting herbs like the memory plants, Brahmi, Gota Kola, and a delicious form of Peppermint, Lemon Grass and Mother of Herbs.
Deciduous fruit trees available are Pomegranates, Marula, Custard apples, Mulberries and Moringa.
As we are open by appointment, give Johnny a call to visit the nursery. Mb 0458381628
333 David Road,
Waggrakine
Park by the big blue mail box and walk in. Please shut the gate behind you as we have animals inside and want to keep the rabbits out.
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Our Brazilian Cherry is now over 25 years old. Despite receiving minimal water during summer in Geraldton, it has grown to around 2 metres tall and 2 metres wide. It’s one of my favourite and most attractive orchard plants. With its high-vitamin, edible fruit, I believe it also has great potential for public spaces. Ideal locations could include schools, irrigated parks, community gardens, or even along street-facing fences where its fruit can be shared with passers-by.
We have five plants left this season. If you are interested, call Johnny on 0458381628 to make a time to visit.
333 David Road,
Waggrakine,
Please park by the blue mail box and walk in. Make sure you close the gates behind you as this is a farm and we need to keep the rabbits out and our animals in.
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June 11th, 6:00 pm
Hi everyone,
The season has finally broken. Yay! This year the nursery will be open by appointment only.
We have mainly grown natives only to order this year so won’t have many to spare.
However, we do have a range of larger exotic plants available .
Check them out on our website for sizes and prices! Www.drylands.org.au.
Today I feature African Marula fruit trees, they are deciduous, tough, drought tolerant and bush fire resistance. We have large 2m high trees available along with smaller younger ones. For those keen on fruit we have both grafted and ungrafted trees.
About Marula and grafting: Marula trees are either Male or Female. Only the females produce fruit, but only in the presence of male trees flowering at the same time. We graft trees so we know whether they are male or female and so they produce fruit more quickly than non grafted trees. Non grafted seedlings can take many years to mature and set fruit. Grafted trees flower in their first season.
More about Marula here. sh1.sendinblue.com/aduv4gda4lpfe.html?t=1749004556125
If you are interested in visiting the nursery, call Johnny on 0458 381628 and make a time to visit.
Please park by the big blue mailbox and shut the gate after you walk in as this is a farm and we have animals inside and need to keep the rabbits out.
333 David Road, Waggrakine.
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