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Seed Savers Network, NSW, Aust.

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🌱 Yilgarn’s Heirloom Tomato Seedlings Are Ready! 🍅
Phone Johnny on 0458381628 to visit the nursery.Do you save heirloom vegetable or herb seeds? We’d love to hear your story — and help you keep those old varieties alive!At Drylands Permaculture Farm, we’ve been selectively breeding heirloom seeds since 1992. It started when we learned about the global loss of traditional food plants. Each year, we grow a wide range of heirloom varieties and save seed only from the healthiest, most productive plants grown here in Geraldton conditions.Over time, this means our varieties become better adapted, more resilient, and more productive in our local climate than those from cooler or wetter regions.🌿 Why choose heirloom seedlings?
Unlike modern hybrids, heirloom varieties grow true to type — so you can save your own seed too and keep the cycle going.We have spare TOMATO seedlings for sale from our winter seed garden planting:🟤 Black Russian
Chocolate-coloured salad tomato. Medium staking variety🟢 Green Zebra
Lime green salad tomato with stripes when ripe. Medium staking variety💛 Mama Lucie
Small yellow salad tomato. Small staking variety🟠 Persimmon
Large, bright orange fruit. Medium staking variety🔴 Pink Ponderosa
Large pink fleshy fruit, multi-use. Large staking variety🟣 Purple Calabash
Crinkled purple fruit – said to be one of the ugliest, but most beautifully flavoured. Large staking variety🔴 St Pierre
Medium to large red fruit. Medium staking variety with good cold tolerance now from the nursery – phone Johnny on 0458 381628 to visit.💬 Got a favourite heirloom you’re growing or saving? Share it below – we’d love to connect with fellow seed savers!As we are open by appointment, give Johnny a call to visit the nursery.
Mb 0458381628
333 David Road,
WaggrakinePark 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.

🌱 Yilgarn’s Heirloom Tomato Seedlings Are Ready! 🍅
Phone Johnny on 0458381628 to visit the nursery.

Do you save heirloom vegetable or herb seeds? We’d love to hear your story — and help you keep those old varieties alive!

At Drylands Permaculture Farm, we’ve been selectively breeding heirloom seeds since 1992. It started when we learned about the global loss of traditional food plants. Each year, we grow a wide range of heirloom varieties and save seed only from the healthiest, most productive plants grown here in Geraldton conditions.

Over time, this means our varieties become better adapted, more resilient, and more productive in our local climate than those from cooler or wetter regions.

🌿 Why choose heirloom seedlings?
Unlike modern hybrids, heirloom varieties grow true to type — so you can save your own seed too and keep the cycle going.

We have spare TOMATO seedlings for sale from our winter seed garden planting:

🟤 Black Russian
Chocolate-coloured salad tomato. Medium staking variety

🟢 Green Zebra
Lime green salad tomato with stripes when ripe. Medium staking variety

💛 Mama Lucie
Small yellow salad tomato. Small staking variety

🟠 Persimmon
Large, bright orange fruit. Medium staking variety

🔴 Pink Ponderosa
Large pink fleshy fruit, multi-use. Large staking variety

🟣 Purple Calabash
Crinkled purple fruit – said to be one of the ugliest, but most beautifully flavoured. Large staking variety

🔴 St Pierre
Medium to large red fruit. Medium staking variety with good cold tolerance now from the nursery – phone Johnny on 0458 381628 to visit.

💬 Got a favourite heirloom you’re growing or saving? Share it below – we’d love to connect with fellow seed savers!

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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July 13th, 8:24 am

4 CommentsComment on Facebook

I will miss the planting season this year...but next year I will come and get some 🍅 and seeds from the Drylands Permaculture Nursery

I’d love to get some! I’m coming to Geraldton on Thursday

Yes please

^^Moringa or Drumstick Tree^^
Originating from northern India, the deciduous Drumstick Tree is highly sought after in Asia, Africa and India as a food and medicinal tree. The leaves, flowers (which taste a little like mushroom), pods and roots are all edible. And its the drumstick-like pod shape that gives the tree its name. Unsure how to eat your Moringa leaves..check out this link:https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/drumstick-tree/9423948It is also worth googling the medicinal uses/effects from eating this tree as its properties have been well documented.
The drumstick tree is drought tolerant and grows well in our arid region with irrigation through summer. Low maintenance, simply fertilise once a month to encourage pod growth and prune once a year to keep the leaves within arms reach.
We have advanced 2m high trees available now. $77 each.This season we also have three varieties of sweet potatoes available. 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 and Mulberries.As we are open by appointment, give Johnny a call to visit the nursery. Mb 0458381628
333 David Road,
WaggrakinePlease 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.

^^Moringa or Drumstick Tree^^
Originating from northern India, the deciduous 'Drumstick Tree' is highly sought after in Asia, Africa and India as a food and medicinal tree. The leaves, flowers (which taste a little like mushroom), pods and roots are all edible. And it's the drumstick-like pod shape that gives the tree its name. Unsure how to eat your Moringa leaves..check out this link:

www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/drumstick-tree/9423948

It is also worth googling the medicinal uses/effects from eating this tree as its properties have been well documented.
The drumstick tree is drought tolerant and grows well in our arid region with irrigation through summer. Low maintenance, simply fertilise once a month to encourage pod growth and prune once a year to keep the leaves within arms reach.
We have advanced 2m high trees available now. $77 each.

This season we also have three varieties of sweet potatoes available. 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 and Mulberries.

As we are open by appointment, give Johnny a call to visit the nursery. Mb 0458381628
333 David Road,
Waggrakine

Please 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.
... See MoreSee Less

June 28th, 5:54 pm

2 CommentsComment on Facebook

Can I please arrange to buy one

Do you do Orchid Trees please? Thank you

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,
WaggrakinePark 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.

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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June 22nd, 8:03 am

2 CommentsComment on Facebook

Harvested this beauty recently . I should have left the little ones in 🙃

My sweet potatoes seem to have holes in them from grubs of some sort.

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.

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

7 CommentsComment on Facebook

Hey Julie/Johnny are they fruiting currently. Would definitely be interested but never tasted one.

when they are very red and taste the best, they are are sweet, tangy/and tarty to my tastes buds, so I like a couple of them at a go. some describe them as sweet and sour. they have a good vitamin C and vitamin A value. I think it terms of taste it would depend on the child, they are not instant sugar hits like grapes where you keep on eating them., and they have a large seed inside and less flesh, and not a bite and eat.they are very attractive, and hardy.

Johnny what do the fruits taste like? I would be interested in getting one for the School Garden in Wongan Hills (my sister lives in Geraldton and could pick up). Do you think kids would like the fruits?

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Drylands Foundation
333 David Rd (North), Waggrakine
Geraldton,Western Australia 6530

Tel. (08) 9938 1628
Mob. 0458 38 1628
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The Drylands Permaculture Farm, is managed by the Drylands Foundation, a not-for-profit environmental organisation.

The Foundation utilises the Farm, to promote and demonstrate environmental sustainability and conservation through social enterprise.

Photo: ‘Punky’ our Emu © J. Firth 2006

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