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Thank you for visiting our farm store. Our products are seasonally generated at our Drylands Permaculture demonstration farm here in Geraldton, Western Australia.

Please read below on where we are able to supply and ship our products, and confirmation of orders.

SHIPPING AND PICKUP

Please note our Plants and Vege & Herb Seedlings are only available by local pickup.
Western Australian seed orders customers can select dispatch by Parcel Post or Express Post.
Outside of Western Australia, seeds are Express Posted.
Seed orders may have limits of number of varieties per order and total number of packets available due to demand.
Due to demand we may also not be able to offer a number of seed varieties outside of Western Australia.
Local pickup is available from our farm here in Geraldton if you live locally or travelling through.

PAYMENTS

Payment accepted is direct deposit, cash or cheque.
Eftpos is available for local pick ups at our nursery.

ORDER CONFIRMATION

All orders will be confirmed by email or phone as to availability, total price and shipping.
For local pickups we will include agreed collection time if outside our walk in open times.

STOCKLIST UPDATES

Our order forms and stock list catalogues are updated regularly as stock is sold, and seasonally produced.

	Name	Description	Habit	Order & Collect Local Pick Up Only - Sorry no postage.
	Morus nigra Black Mulberry	Long lived hardy feature tree produces masses of delicious tangy berries. Its shining… Long lived hardy feature tree produces masses of delicious tangy berries. Its shining emerald green heart shaped leaves create a dense thick canopy that works wonderfully as summer shade. Fast growing in its first few years, it will tolerate limestone coastal and inland areas. Deciduous in the colder months when it can be best pruned and shaped.	Tree -	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
White Green Spr-Sum - - Tree - ~ Mature Size: 6 m tallx 6 m wide Long lived hardy feature tree produces masses of delicious tangy berries. Its shining emerald green heart shaped leaves create a dense thick canopy that works wonderfully as summer shade. Fast growing in its first few years, it will tolerate limestone coastal and inland areas. Deciduous in the colder months when it can be best pruned and shaped.
	Pogostemon cablin Patchouli	Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as… Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy, treatment of minor skin irritations headaches/fevers in traditional Chinese medicine. Prefers a part shaded or filter sun site with free draining moist soils. Typically grows to under a metre tall with pale pink flowers in Autumn.	Shrub -	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
White Pink Aut-Win Med. - Shrub - ~ Mature Size: 0.75 m tallx 0.75 m wide Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy, treatment of minor skin irritations headaches/fevers in traditional Chinese medicine. Prefers a part shaded or filter sun site with free draining moist soils. Typically grows to under a metre tall with pale pink flowers in Autumn.
	Punica granatum Pomegranate	Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty… Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty, deciduous tree. The juice of this fruit has proven antioxidant health benefits. Flowering from Spring to Summer, it tolerates wide conditions including hot dry summers, frost and limestone soils.	Shrub - Medium	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Orange Red Spr-Sum Low - Shrub - ~ Mature Size: 3 m tallx 3 m wide Fruiting Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty, deciduous tree. The juice of this fruit has proven antioxidant health benefits. Flowering from Spring to Summer, it tolerates wide conditions including hot dry summers, frost and limestone soils.
	Sclerocarya caffra Marula	A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to… A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to get it through the dry months. Its fruit is used to produce ‘Amarula’ cream liqueur and its mildly tart tasting fruits are high in Vitamin C. To obtain fruit both sexes are needed. Female flowers bear the fruit. Male flowers producing the pollen display on longer sprigs on branches. Where stock is mature and has flowered, or we have done grafts we note their sex. Otherwise sex of plant stock is unknown. This strain of Marula has been sourced from South Africa and selected for it’s large flesh to seed ratio. A rare fruit tree here in Australia.	Tree - Large	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
White Pink Spr-Sum Low Tol. Tree - ~ Mature Size: 7 m tallx 7 m wide Bird Attracting Fruiting Shade Tree A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to get it through the dry months. Its fruit is used to produce ‘Amarula’ cream liqueur and its mildly tart tasting fruits are high in Vitamin C. To obtain fruit both sexes are needed. Female flowers bear the fruit. Male flowers producing the pollen display on longer sprigs on branches. Where stock is mature and has flowered, or we have done grafts we note their sex. Otherwise sex of plant stock is unknown. This strain of Marula has been sourced from South Africa and selected for it’s large flesh to seed ratio. A rare fruit tree here in Australia.
	Vetiveria zizanioides Vetiver Grass	Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully… Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully fast growing hedge around vegetable gardens or fruit trees in orchards. Vetiver clumps can be divided once established. Prefers full sun aspect. This grass is summer active and if constantly cut can grow up to 600 mm a fortnight. Leaves also make excellent garden mulch.	Grass-Sedge - Medium	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
- - Med. - Grass-Sedge Fast ~ Mature Size: 2.5 m tallx 1 m wide Quick Growing Windbreak Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully fast growing hedge around vegetable gardens or fruit trees in orchards. Vetiver clumps can be divided once established. Prefers full sun aspect. This grass is summer active and if constantly cut can grow up to 600 mm a fortnight. Leaves also make excellent garden mulch.
	Vitis sp. Grape - Italia Muscat	Italia Muscat is one of the most popular varieties of table grapes… Italia Muscat is one of the most popular varieties of table grapes in the world due to its appearance and flavour. They have a large, consistent fruit with a lovely golden-yellow color, and a delicate musky flavor. In Geraldton and midwest it fruits around Xmas. Prune annually when deciduous.	Climber - Climbing	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
White Spr-Sum Med. Protect Climber - ~ Mature Size: 2.5 m tallx 3 m wide Fruiting Italia Muscat is one of the most popular varieties of table grapes in the world due to its appearance and flavour. They have a large, consistent fruit with a lovely golden-yellow color, and a delicate musky flavor. In Geraldton and midwest it fruits around Xmas. Prune annually when deciduous.

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	Variety	Availability & Price		Order Seeds can be collected or posted. Please choose option on checkout.
	CARROT – Paris Market Daucas carota	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 450 seeds/pkt	Max: 15 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Summer-Autumn (after longest day). Bred here in Western Australia, was the mainstay of the carrot industry in Australia from the 1970s to the 1990s, until replaced with hybrid varieties. Wide shouldered with tapered root to 250mm, noted for it's disease resistence and high quality.
	CATNIP – White Flowering Nepeta cataria	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 70 seeds/pkt	Max: 22 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Plant Spring. (In Geraldton, Autumn). Catnip is drought tolerant and often perennial. The mint-like scent of the bruised leaves of this herb is said to attract cats and deter rats. It stands 1/2 m high and its white flowers are a good bee attractant for pollination when grown around in orchards and vegetable gardens. Young shoots can be used in salads.
	CAULIFLOWER- Snowball Brassica oleracea botrytis group	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 75 seeds/pkt	Max: 88 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn-Winter. Seed into punnets and transplant in 3-4 weeks or direct sow in ground. Snowball has a firm white head and is a good variety for warmer areas. As the head matures tie outer leaves together over the head to protect head from yellowing in the sun. Matures in 65-70 days.
	CELERY – Golden Self-Blanching Apium graveolens	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 200 seeds/pkt	Max: 170 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Winter. This is a compact variety of celery with pale golden-yellow leaves and stringless stems and a delicate flavour. Best eaten young and when grown in blocks rather than rows natural blanching will improve the flavour.
	CELTUCE – Narrow Leaf Lactuca sativum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 50 seeds/pkt	Max: 136 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, sow Autumn). Also called 'asparagus lettuce' this chinese vegetable is left in the ground until it develops a stem length of 30cm. They are then peeled and thinly sliced before being stir fried. The hearts can also be eaten like small lettuces.
	CHAMOMILE – German Chamaemelum nobile	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 700 seeds/pkt	Max: 11 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn. This annual Chamomile grows to 600mm and flowers prolifically. Dried flowers are used to make a calmative herbal tea. Leaves if infused in water (1 cup of leaves to 1 litre of water) are a preventative for the 'damping off' fungus in young seedlings. Drench seedlings with this preventative when first planted.
	CHARD – Italian Bledon Spinach Beta vulgaris	WA ⋅ NT $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 46 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Plant early Winter. This wonderfully sweet lime green leaf vegetable will supersede all other silverbeets once you taste it. It is so sweet it makes a great lettuce substitute. A vigorous and fast growing variety, seeding in it's first summer in Geraldton.
	CHICORY – Green Curled Endive Cichorium endiva	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 200 seeds/pkt	Max: 44 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn or Spring. An annual plant grown like a lettuce. Its leaves are often tied or covered after two months with dark pots to blanch and make them less bitter. They are then picked as salad greens. If left to flower, the plants produce long spikes laced with delightful blue flowers. Will tolerate full sun or part shade.
	CHILLI – Banos Red Capsicum annuum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 63 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. Extremely attractive colourful upright pointing fruit 30mm long and 15mm wide. Bush grows to 400mm with deep green foliage and purple flowers. The purple fruit turns orange then red when ripe.
	CHILLI – Inferno Capsicum annuum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 28 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton, sow Autumn). Upright red fruit 40mm long and 10mm wide tapering to a point. A compact bush form with a long heavy fruiting period. Exhibits nematode tolerance.
	CHILLI – Red Thai Long Capsicum annuum	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 2 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, sow Autumn). Bush grows to 600-700mm with long thin green fruit 80mm long and 5mm wide with a tapering point, that turns red when ripe. Slight circular ridging around the fruit. Hot, pungent and flavourful fruit that dries well.
	CHILLI – St Helena Orange Capsicum annuum	WA ⋅ NT $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 26 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton Autumn). These strong plants produce a tapered 75mm long hot chilli that change colour to a deep orange when ripe. Plants can also be grown from root suckers.
	CHILLI – Yellow Peruvian Capsicum baccatum	WA ⋅ NT $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 29 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, Spring to Autumn). This bush produces attractive, bright yellow, tapered chillies approx. 50mm long. A rare Peruvian cultivar for the gourmet palate. A prolific bearer over two years in frost free areas. A very hot, flavoursome chilli suited to many red bean dishes.
	CHINESE CABBAGE – Wong Bok Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 9 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring to Autumn. Winter to early Spring in Geraldton region. Elongated heading 'napa' cabbage, with lightly held wrapping pale green leaves. Typically lightly steamed, stir fried, eaten raw in salads, pickled and added to Kimchi ferments. Harvest when heads firm. Leaves can be individually picked as needed. Prefers free draining, fertile and moist soil. Direct sow seeds or as seedlings ~30cm apart. Maintain moisture for consistent head formation and avoiding bolting.
	COREOPSIS – Plains Coreopsis tinctoria	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 150 seeds/pkt	Max: 21 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn or Spring. A stunning annual with vibrant red maroon to golden yellow flowers. Can be planted as an ornamental and companion plant where it attracts pollinating insects and harvested for cut flowers in floral arrangements. Native wildflower to the Southern and Central US, and as far south as Northern Mexico. Traditionally used by Native American Zuni as a mahogany red dye and beverage. Suits a well drained soil with full sun to part shade.
	CORIANDER – Chinese Coriandrum sativum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 60 seeds/pkt	Max: 159 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn. A small seeded variety preferred in Thai cooking. Coriander powder is made from the dried seeds. Leaves are used extensively in Indian cooking. The ground roots are also used.
	CORIANDER – Thai Serrated Leaf Eryngium foetidum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 50 seeds/pkt	Max: 258 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, anytime). Once you have cooked with this herb, you will make the effort to grow it. A small perennial thistle-like plant whose whose leaves and root have a strong and agreeable coriander flavour. Leaves are typically harvested as needed, finely chopped and added early to a stir fry and later as a garnish. It is a main ingredient in 'sofrito', a West Indian seasoning made of Parsley, Chilli and Thai Coriander.
	CORN – Chinese Mini Zea mays	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 5 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton produces a late crop if sown early-mid March). Plants reach 1.5m and tend to be multiple stemmed. Each plant produces approximately 15 cob. These can be harvested when premature (silks are pink and eaten as chinese mini corn. If let to mature, the small red kernels may be used as popcorn. If saving seed, cull any over sized plants.
	CORN – Mexican Sweetcorn Zea mays	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 63 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton - late Winter or late Summer). A delicious variety not exhibiting the insipid sweetness of many hybrids. 250mm long kernels with 2 to 3 cobs per plant. Seeds are a golden yellow colour. A characteristic of this variety is that the seeds dry flat, this is not an indication of viability. 4 months to maturity.
	CORN – Multi-Coloured Aztec Zea mays	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 36 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring - Summer. This plant grows to 2.5m high and produces a beautiful cob speckled with white red, blue and yellow kernels. This corn can also be eaten if harvested in its immature stage. Cobs make excellent dried ornaments. Dried seeds are usually ground to make a cornmeal for breads and corn chips.

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	Name	Order & Collect Local Pick Up Only - Sorry No Postage for Farm Produce
	Aquaculture: A Permaculture Perspective – Mollison 18 Hours of Bill Mollison in 1983 and 1985 on integrated aquaculture systems. Recorded and edited by Jeff Nugent. MP3 format on CD.	Max: 1 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Bill Mollison the founder of Permaculture talks about integrated aquaculture systems on this 12 audio recording in MP3 format on CD. Includes PDF files of course notes and plant species list. Recorded and edited by Jeff Nugent in September 1983 and December 1985.
	Flame Fruit Seasonally grown red fleshed dragon fruit.	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Seasonally grown red-fleshed dragon fruit. Nutritious.
	Garden Honey Hand harvested liquid Garden Honey from our Permaculture Farm. Local Pick Up Only.	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Hand harvested liquid honey from our own on farm hives. Our bees forage from our Permaculture Gardens and Native re-vegetated bushland. 100% Pure Honey. Minimal filtration and undiluted. Packaged in Glass Jars or Food Grade Plastic Jars. Local pick up Only.
	Gift Voucher – Heirloom Seeds Share the Care with Gift Vouchers for our heirloom, open pollinated seeds - Yilgarn Seeds.	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Give the gift of heirloom seeds to that special gardener in your life. Voucher recipients can select form our range of Yilgarn Seeds non-GMO, non-hybrid open pollinated organically grown vegetable and herb seeds. Three years on issue of voucher for purchases. Local pickup of voucher or mailing option available with postage included.
	Permaculture Design Course: 47 Hours of Bill Mollison Permaculture Design Course 47 Hours of Bill Mollison. MP3 audio on DVD. Recorded in 1983 by Jeff Nugent.	Max: 1 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Permaculture Design Course audio in MP3 form delivered by Bill Mollison and accompanying PDF course notes on DVD, Recorded in 1983 by Jeff Nugent at Stanley, Tasmania. 'I have owned a set of these recordings for many years. It is a recording of the design course which I actually attended in 1983. They capture Bill in classic form full of energy, enthusiasm and passion. As a Permaculture teacher, designer and consultant, working on numerous projects around the world, I have found them to be an invaluable and endless source of reference information and inspiration' - Geoff Lawton, managing director of The Permaculture Research Institute.
	Permaculture Plants: A Selection Easy to use, and indispensable reference book to hundreds of perennial species. Jeff Nugent & Julia Boniface, Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute. First edition. 1996.	Max: 7 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Permaculture Plants: A Selection, First Edition 1996. Written by Permaculture pioneers Jeff Nugent and Julia Boniface, of the Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute in Nannup, Western Australia. Signed copy by Jeff. An easy to use guide to selecting hundreds of perennial species. An indispensible reference for Permaculture designers. Plants to suit most environments. Productive plants for land rehabilitation. Nutritional & medicinal information. Exhaustively indexed.
	Permaculture Plants: Agave and Cacti Extensively indexed, comprehensive guide to over 400 species of Agaves and Cacti, written by Permaculture pioneer Jeff Nugent.	Max: 4 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Written and signed by pioneering Western Australian Permaculture practitioner, peer and author Jeff Nugent, this another valuable resource book to add to your collection. Paperback 106 pages. Second Edition. It is described as 'The comprehensive guide to edible and useful Agaves and Cacti, that is extensively Indexed with over 400 useful species', and covers 'Productive plants for land rehabilitation. Plants which survive uncertain rainfall. Drought and snow resistant plants. Staples of ancient cultures. Low effort emergency food'.
	Permaculture Plants: Palms and Ferns 1st Edition Comprehensive Guide to Edible and Useful Palms and Ferns. Written by Jeff Nugent. Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute.	Max: 4 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
The comprehensive guide to edible and useful palms and ferns, written by Jeff Nugent of the Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute in Nannup, Western Australia in 2016. Productive plants for land rehabilitation, staple foods, emergency foods and difficult sites. More than 950 species listed.
	Seed Savers Handbook Valuable handbook for seed saving and use of vegetable, culinary herbs and edible flowers in Australia and New Zealand. Michel & Jude Fanton. Seed Savers Network.1993.	Max: 1 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
One of favorite resource books on heirloom seeds and seed saving. Written by Michel & Jude Fanton, founders of Australia's Seed Savers' Network. Wonderfully Illustrated by Alfredo Bonanno. This highly valuable soft cover book, shows how gardeners can protect our global food heritage - and east it too. Details the seed collecting, propagation and growth cycles of 117 vegetables, culinary herbs and edible flowers. 1993. 2008 reprint. 176 pages

Farm Store

Ordering & Delivery

Thank you for visiting our farm store.SHIPPING AND PICKUP

Please note our Plants and Vege & Herb Seedlings are only available by local pickup.
Western Australian seed orders customers can select dispatch by Parcel Post or Express Post.
Outside of Western Australia, seeds are Express Posted.
Seed orders may have limits of number of varieties per order and total number of packets available due to demand.
Due to demand we may also not be able to offer Seed purchases outside of Western Australia.
Local pickup is available from our farm here in Geraldton if you live locally or traveling through.

PAYMENTS

Payment accepted is direct deposit, cash or cheque.
Eftpos is available for local pick ups at our nursery.

ORDER CONFIRMATION

All orders will be confirmed by email or phone as to availability, total price and shipping.
For local pickups we will include agreed collection time if outside our walk in open times.

STOCKLIST UPDATES

Our order forms and stock list catalogues are updated regularly as stock is sold, and seasonally produced.

Plants

Locally Grown

	Name	Description	Habit	Order & Collect Local Pick Up Only - Sorry no postage.
	Morus nigra Black Mulberry	Long lived hardy feature tree produces masses of delicious tangy berries. Its shining… Long lived hardy feature tree produces masses of delicious tangy berries. Its shining emerald green heart shaped leaves create a dense thick canopy that works wonderfully as summer shade. Fast growing in its first few years, it will tolerate limestone coastal and inland areas. Deciduous in the colder months when it can be best pruned and shaped.	Tree -	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
White Green Spr-Sum - - Tree - ~ Mature Size: 6 m tallx 6 m wide Long lived hardy feature tree produces masses of delicious tangy berries. Its shining emerald green heart shaped leaves create a dense thick canopy that works wonderfully as summer shade. Fast growing in its first few years, it will tolerate limestone coastal and inland areas. Deciduous in the colder months when it can be best pruned and shaped.
	Pogostemon cablin Patchouli	Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as… Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy, treatment of minor skin irritations headaches/fevers in traditional Chinese medicine. Prefers a part shaded or filter sun site with free draining moist soils. Typically grows to under a metre tall with pale pink flowers in Autumn.	Shrub -	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
White Pink Aut-Win Med. - Shrub - ~ Mature Size: 0.75 m tallx 0.75 m wide Popular perennial tropiclal and subtropical herb with distinctive aroma, widely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy, treatment of minor skin irritations headaches/fevers in traditional Chinese medicine. Prefers a part shaded or filter sun site with free draining moist soils. Typically grows to under a metre tall with pale pink flowers in Autumn.
	Punica granatum Pomegranate	Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty… Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty, deciduous tree. The juice of this fruit has proven antioxidant health benefits. Flowering from Spring to Summer, it tolerates wide conditions including hot dry summers, frost and limestone soils.	Shrub - Medium	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Orange Red Spr-Sum Low - Shrub - ~ Mature Size: 3 m tallx 3 m wide Fruiting Orange/red fruits with sweet juicy deep red seeds, hang from this pretty, deciduous tree. The juice of this fruit has proven antioxidant health benefits. Flowering from Spring to Summer, it tolerates wide conditions including hot dry summers, frost and limestone soils.
	Sclerocarya caffra Marula	A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to… A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to get it through the dry months. Its fruit is used to produce ‘Amarula’ cream liqueur and its mildly tart tasting fruits are high in Vitamin C. To obtain fruit both sexes are needed. Female flowers bear the fruit. Male flowers producing the pollen display on longer sprigs on branches. Where stock is mature and has flowered, or we have done grafts we note their sex. Otherwise sex of plant stock is unknown. This strain of Marula has been sourced from South Africa and selected for it’s large flesh to seed ratio. A rare fruit tree here in Australia.	Tree - Large	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
White Pink Spr-Sum Low Tol. Tree - ~ Mature Size: 7 m tallx 7 m wide Bird Attracting Fruiting Shade Tree A beautiful deciduous shade tree with a huge water holding root to get it through the dry months. Its fruit is used to produce ‘Amarula’ cream liqueur and its mildly tart tasting fruits are high in Vitamin C. To obtain fruit both sexes are needed. Female flowers bear the fruit. Male flowers producing the pollen display on longer sprigs on branches. Where stock is mature and has flowered, or we have done grafts we note their sex. Otherwise sex of plant stock is unknown. This strain of Marula has been sourced from South Africa and selected for it’s large flesh to seed ratio. A rare fruit tree here in Australia.
	Vetiveria zizanioides Vetiver Grass	Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully… Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully fast growing hedge around vegetable gardens or fruit trees in orchards. Vetiver clumps can be divided once established. Prefers full sun aspect. This grass is summer active and if constantly cut can grow up to 600 mm a fortnight. Leaves also make excellent garden mulch.	Grass-Sedge - Medium	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
- - Med. - Grass-Sedge Fast ~ Mature Size: 2.5 m tallx 1 m wide Quick Growing Windbreak Vetiver is a fast growing grass, non-invasive and non-competitive. It makes a wonderfully fast growing hedge around vegetable gardens or fruit trees in orchards. Vetiver clumps can be divided once established. Prefers full sun aspect. This grass is summer active and if constantly cut can grow up to 600 mm a fortnight. Leaves also make excellent garden mulch.
	Vitis sp. Grape - Italia Muscat	Italia Muscat is one of the most popular varieties of table grapes… Italia Muscat is one of the most popular varieties of table grapes in the world due to its appearance and flavour. They have a large, consistent fruit with a lovely golden-yellow color, and a delicate musky flavor. In Geraldton and midwest it fruits around Xmas. Prune annually when deciduous.	Climber - Climbing	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
White Spr-Sum Med. Protect Climber - ~ Mature Size: 2.5 m tallx 3 m wide Fruiting Italia Muscat is one of the most popular varieties of table grapes in the world due to its appearance and flavour. They have a large, consistent fruit with a lovely golden-yellow color, and a delicate musky flavor. In Geraldton and midwest it fruits around Xmas. Prune annually when deciduous.

Seeds

Heirloom, Non-GMO

Availability by State

Other States

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	Variety	Availability & Price		Order Seeds can be collected or posted. Please choose option on checkout.
	CARROT – Paris Market Daucas carota	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 450 seeds/pkt	Max: 15 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Summer-Autumn (after longest day). Bred here in Western Australia, was the mainstay of the carrot industry in Australia from the 1970s to the 1990s, until replaced with hybrid varieties. Wide shouldered with tapered root to 250mm, noted for it's disease resistence and high quality.
	CATNIP – White Flowering Nepeta cataria	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 70 seeds/pkt	Max: 22 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Plant Spring. (In Geraldton, Autumn). Catnip is drought tolerant and often perennial. The mint-like scent of the bruised leaves of this herb is said to attract cats and deter rats. It stands 1/2 m high and its white flowers are a good bee attractant for pollination when grown around in orchards and vegetable gardens. Young shoots can be used in salads.
	CAULIFLOWER- Snowball Brassica oleracea botrytis group	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 75 seeds/pkt	Max: 88 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn-Winter. Seed into punnets and transplant in 3-4 weeks or direct sow in ground. Snowball has a firm white head and is a good variety for warmer areas. As the head matures tie outer leaves together over the head to protect head from yellowing in the sun. Matures in 65-70 days.
	CELERY – Golden Self-Blanching Apium graveolens	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 200 seeds/pkt	Max: 170 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Winter. This is a compact variety of celery with pale golden-yellow leaves and stringless stems and a delicate flavour. Best eaten young and when grown in blocks rather than rows natural blanching will improve the flavour.
	CELTUCE – Narrow Leaf Lactuca sativum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 50 seeds/pkt	Max: 136 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, sow Autumn). Also called 'asparagus lettuce' this chinese vegetable is left in the ground until it develops a stem length of 30cm. They are then peeled and thinly sliced before being stir fried. The hearts can also be eaten like small lettuces.
	CHAMOMILE – German Chamaemelum nobile	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 700 seeds/pkt	Max: 11 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn. This annual Chamomile grows to 600mm and flowers prolifically. Dried flowers are used to make a calmative herbal tea. Leaves if infused in water (1 cup of leaves to 1 litre of water) are a preventative for the 'damping off' fungus in young seedlings. Drench seedlings with this preventative when first planted.
	CHARD – Italian Bledon Spinach Beta vulgaris	WA ⋅ NT $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 46 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Plant early Winter. This wonderfully sweet lime green leaf vegetable will supersede all other silverbeets once you taste it. It is so sweet it makes a great lettuce substitute. A vigorous and fast growing variety, seeding in it's first summer in Geraldton.
	CHICORY – Green Curled Endive Cichorium endiva	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 200 seeds/pkt	Max: 44 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn or Spring. An annual plant grown like a lettuce. Its leaves are often tied or covered after two months with dark pots to blanch and make them less bitter. They are then picked as salad greens. If left to flower, the plants produce long spikes laced with delightful blue flowers. Will tolerate full sun or part shade.
	CHILLI – Banos Red Capsicum annuum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 63 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. Extremely attractive colourful upright pointing fruit 30mm long and 15mm wide. Bush grows to 400mm with deep green foliage and purple flowers. The purple fruit turns orange then red when ripe.
	CHILLI – Inferno Capsicum annuum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 28 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton, sow Autumn). Upright red fruit 40mm long and 10mm wide tapering to a point. A compact bush form with a long heavy fruiting period. Exhibits nematode tolerance.
	CHILLI – Red Thai Long Capsicum annuum	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 2 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, sow Autumn). Bush grows to 600-700mm with long thin green fruit 80mm long and 5mm wide with a tapering point, that turns red when ripe. Slight circular ridging around the fruit. Hot, pungent and flavourful fruit that dries well.
	CHILLI – St Helena Orange Capsicum annuum	WA ⋅ NT $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 26 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton Autumn). These strong plants produce a tapered 75mm long hot chilli that change colour to a deep orange when ripe. Plants can also be grown from root suckers.
	CHILLI – Yellow Peruvian Capsicum baccatum	WA ⋅ NT $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 30 seeds/pkt	Max: 29 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, Spring to Autumn). This bush produces attractive, bright yellow, tapered chillies approx. 50mm long. A rare Peruvian cultivar for the gourmet palate. A prolific bearer over two years in frost free areas. A very hot, flavoursome chilli suited to many red bean dishes.
	CHINESE CABBAGE – Wong Bok Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 9 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring to Autumn. Winter to early Spring in Geraldton region. Elongated heading 'napa' cabbage, with lightly held wrapping pale green leaves. Typically lightly steamed, stir fried, eaten raw in salads, pickled and added to Kimchi ferments. Harvest when heads firm. Leaves can be individually picked as needed. Prefers free draining, fertile and moist soil. Direct sow seeds or as seedlings ~30cm apart. Maintain moisture for consistent head formation and avoiding bolting.
	COREOPSIS – Plains Coreopsis tinctoria	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 150 seeds/pkt	Max: 21 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn or Spring. A stunning annual with vibrant red maroon to golden yellow flowers. Can be planted as an ornamental and companion plant where it attracts pollinating insects and harvested for cut flowers in floral arrangements. Native wildflower to the Southern and Central US, and as far south as Northern Mexico. Traditionally used by Native American Zuni as a mahogany red dye and beverage. Suits a well drained soil with full sun to part shade.
	CORIANDER – Chinese Coriandrum sativum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 60 seeds/pkt	Max: 159 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Autumn. A small seeded variety preferred in Thai cooking. Coriander powder is made from the dried seeds. Leaves are used extensively in Indian cooking. The ground roots are also used.
	CORIANDER – Thai Serrated Leaf Eryngium foetidum	WA ⋅ NT ⋅ SA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 2 pkts/order 50 seeds/pkt	Max: 258 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring. (In Geraldton, anytime). Once you have cooked with this herb, you will make the effort to grow it. A small perennial thistle-like plant whose whose leaves and root have a strong and agreeable coriander flavour. Leaves are typically harvested as needed, finely chopped and added early to a stir fry and later as a garnish. It is a main ingredient in 'sofrito', a West Indian seasoning made of Parsley, Chilli and Thai Coriander.
	CORN – Chinese Mini Zea mays	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 5 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton produces a late crop if sown early-mid March). Plants reach 1.5m and tend to be multiple stemmed. Each plant produces approximately 15 cob. These can be harvested when premature (silks are pink and eaten as chinese mini corn. If let to mature, the small red kernels may be used as popcorn. If saving seed, cull any over sized plants.
	CORN – Mexican Sweetcorn Zea mays	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 63 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring (In Geraldton - late Winter or late Summer). A delicious variety not exhibiting the insipid sweetness of many hybrids. 250mm long kernels with 2 to 3 cobs per plant. Seeds are a golden yellow colour. A characteristic of this variety is that the seeds dry flat, this is not an indication of viability. 4 months to maturity.
	CORN – Multi-Coloured Aztec Zea mays	WA $6.00 /pkt	Max. 1 pkts/order 100 seeds/pkt	Max: 36 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Sow Spring - Summer. This plant grows to 2.5m high and produces a beautiful cob speckled with white red, blue and yellow kernels. This corn can also be eaten if harvested in its immature stage. Cobs make excellent dried ornaments. Dried seeds are usually ground to make a cornmeal for breads and corn chips.

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Produce & Gifts

Honey & More

	Name	Order & Collect Local Pick Up Only - Sorry No Postage for Farm Produce
	Aquaculture: A Permaculture Perspective – Mollison 18 Hours of Bill Mollison in 1983 and 1985 on integrated aquaculture systems. Recorded and edited by Jeff Nugent. MP3 format on CD.	Max: 1 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Bill Mollison the founder of Permaculture talks about integrated aquaculture systems on this 12 audio recording in MP3 format on CD. Includes PDF files of course notes and plant species list. Recorded and edited by Jeff Nugent in September 1983 and December 1985.
	Flame Fruit Seasonally grown red fleshed dragon fruit.	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Seasonally grown red-fleshed dragon fruit. Nutritious.
	Garden Honey Hand harvested liquid Garden Honey from our Permaculture Farm. Local Pick Up Only.	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Hand harvested liquid honey from our own on farm hives. Our bees forage from our Permaculture Gardens and Native re-vegetated bushland. 100% Pure Honey. Minimal filtration and undiluted. Packaged in Glass Jars or Food Grade Plastic Jars. Local pick up Only.
	Gift Voucher – Heirloom Seeds Share the Care with Gift Vouchers for our heirloom, open pollinated seeds - Yilgarn Seeds.	Max: Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Give the gift of heirloom seeds to that special gardener in your life. Voucher recipients can select form our range of Yilgarn Seeds non-GMO, non-hybrid open pollinated organically grown vegetable and herb seeds. Three years on issue of voucher for purchases. Local pickup of voucher or mailing option available with postage included.
	Permaculture Design Course: 47 Hours of Bill Mollison Permaculture Design Course 47 Hours of Bill Mollison. MP3 audio on DVD. Recorded in 1983 by Jeff Nugent.	Max: 1 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Permaculture Design Course audio in MP3 form delivered by Bill Mollison and accompanying PDF course notes on DVD, Recorded in 1983 by Jeff Nugent at Stanley, Tasmania. 'I have owned a set of these recordings for many years. It is a recording of the design course which I actually attended in 1983. They capture Bill in classic form full of energy, enthusiasm and passion. As a Permaculture teacher, designer and consultant, working on numerous projects around the world, I have found them to be an invaluable and endless source of reference information and inspiration' - Geoff Lawton, managing director of The Permaculture Research Institute.
	Permaculture Plants: A Selection Easy to use, and indispensable reference book to hundreds of perennial species. Jeff Nugent & Julia Boniface, Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute. First edition. 1996.	Max: 7 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Permaculture Plants: A Selection, First Edition 1996. Written by Permaculture pioneers Jeff Nugent and Julia Boniface, of the Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute in Nannup, Western Australia. Signed copy by Jeff. An easy to use guide to selecting hundreds of perennial species. An indispensible reference for Permaculture designers. Plants to suit most environments. Productive plants for land rehabilitation. Nutritional & medicinal information. Exhaustively indexed.
	Permaculture Plants: Agave and Cacti Extensively indexed, comprehensive guide to over 400 species of Agaves and Cacti, written by Permaculture pioneer Jeff Nugent.	Max: 4 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
Written and signed by pioneering Western Australian Permaculture practitioner, peer and author Jeff Nugent, this another valuable resource book to add to your collection. Paperback 106 pages. Second Edition. It is described as 'The comprehensive guide to edible and useful Agaves and Cacti, that is extensively Indexed with over 400 useful species', and covers 'Productive plants for land rehabilitation. Plants which survive uncertain rainfall. Drought and snow resistant plants. Staples of ancient cultures. Low effort emergency food'.
	Permaculture Plants: Palms and Ferns 1st Edition Comprehensive Guide to Edible and Useful Palms and Ferns. Written by Jeff Nugent. Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute.	Max: 4 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
The comprehensive guide to edible and useful palms and ferns, written by Jeff Nugent of the Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute in Nannup, Western Australia in 2016. Productive plants for land rehabilitation, staple foods, emergency foods and difficult sites. More than 950 species listed.
	Seed Savers Handbook Valuable handbook for seed saving and use of vegetable, culinary herbs and edible flowers in Australia and New Zealand. Michel & Jude Fanton. Seed Savers Network.1993.	Max: 1 Min: 1 Step: 1 Add
One of favorite resource books on heirloom seeds and seed saving. Written by Michel & Jude Fanton, founders of Australia's Seed Savers' Network. Wonderfully Illustrated by Alfredo Bonanno. This highly valuable soft cover book, shows how gardeners can protect our global food heritage - and east it too. Details the seed collecting, propagation and growth cycles of 117 vegetables, culinary herbs and edible flowers. 1993. 2008 reprint. 176 pages