Greenspot Permaculture: Oregano, thymes, eggplants, in our organic garden

Friday 11 May 2007

Oregano, thymes, eggplants, in our organic garden

Aromatic herbs

Breakfast cereals!

Spinach (for becoming Poppeys!)

Eggplant flower

Fruit tree (small one)

Tomatoes!

Brocculi!

Courgettes

The amazing flavoured world of the thymes

Lentils (staple food ;) )

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Helder o Irlandes16 May 2007 at 10:42
que lindos!! parabens meu amigo!
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Interesting permaculture crops

Soft fruits:

Mulberry

Siberian pea

Sea buckthorn

Amelanchier (died)

Elaeagnus (autumn olive...)

Jujube (died)

Pomegranate

Passionfruit

Artic Kiwi

Akebia (another climber)

Berries

Strawberries (some as ground covers)

Blueberries

Raspberries (some as ground covers)

Currants

Tropical species

Moringa (nutritious, fast growing but strong taste, for a edible tree; only for warmer climates)

Bamboo (thousand uses for this plant)

Japanese, Chinese yams (some are cold hardy)

Air potatoes (climber that makes "potatoes" as it climbs)

Manhioc

Enset (a staple of dry and hot climates)

Dates (a good choice for warm and dry climates)

Bolovian coconut (cold hardy but very difficult to get seeds)

Acacia (seeds)

Honey locust

Chilean Mesquite (for very dry climates, provides mulch and fodder)

Garlic family

Ramps (delicious, perfect for shade soils under a forest)

Chives

Walking onions (another nice perennial)

Welsh onions

Alternative roots:

Biscuit roots

Yampa

Arrowhead (similar to potato, for aquatic spots)

Sweet potatoes (a good choice for warmer climates)

Yacon (more used as a juicy "fruit")

Skirret

Chinese artichokes

Oca (the following crops are from South America)

Mashua

Ulluco

Mauka

Maca

Arracacha (similar to celery or carrots)

Jícama and Ahipa

Achira (Canna edulis)

Groundnut (another high potencial root crop, rich in protein)

Prairie turnip

Cassava

Nuts:

Walnuts and Pecans

Hazelnuts/Filberts

Chestnuts

Almonds

Peanuts

Macadamia

Oils:

Sunflower (ornamental and nutritious edible)

Chia (extremely nutritious)

Sesame (nutritious and easy to grow, resistant crop)

Olives (long lasting tree yielding a perfect oil)

Grains:

Intermediate wheatgrass (a perennial grain)

Indian ricegrass (another perennial grain)

Corn

Millet (proso, pearl, foxtail, african; drought resistant)

Sorghum (very drought resistant, but not so easy to harvest)

Teff (very drought resistant)

Fonio (another african cereal)

Oats (quick maturing; there are hulless varieties)

Rye (and perennial types; fundamental for cold climates)

Barley (the choice for cold and dry climates)

Wheat (and triticale, kamut)

Rice

Wild rice (different types)

Quinoa (very nutritious and very resistant crop; there is a non-saponin species)

Amaranth (very nutritions and resistant crop)

Buckwheat (another nutritious and useful edible crop)

Perennial vegetables

Rocotto peppers (perennial cold hardy peppers)

Perennial 9 star Broccoli

Lovage (a kind of perennial celery, very cold hardy)

Asparagus (a long lasting perennial)

Rhubarb (long lasting and very cold hardy)

Good king henry

Skirret (like carrots)

Parsnips

Scorzoneras (perennial and edible leaves)

Jerusalem artichokes (very resistant and high yielding but not very digestible)

Spices/Herbs/Medicinal:

Coriander

Cumen

Parsley

Celeriac

Peppercorn

Lovage

Neem

Echinacea

Endangered species

Part of my own conservation project!

Dendroseris litoralis

Deppea splendens

Clianthus puniceus

Bauhinia bowkeri

Pinus torreyana

Pinus maximartenzii (died)

Aloe peglerae

Aloe flexilifolia

Moringa hildebrandtii

Matelea orthoneura

Lavatera phoenica

Impatiens paucidentata (died)

Parajubaea torayii

Boswellia sacra (died)

Jubaea chilensis

Dendroseris micrantra (died)

Coccothrynax borhidiana (died)

Nesocodon mauritianus (flowered)

Cedrus atlantica

Robinsonia gayana (died as seedling)

Agathosma gonadensis (died as seedling)

Leucadendron discolor (died as seedling)

Ixia viridiflora (flowered)

Paulownia kawakamii

Araucaria angustifolia

Sequoia sempervivens

Araucaria araucana

Eucalyptus argofloia

Acacia grandifolia

Agathis microstachya (died as seedling)

Aloe polyphylla (died as seedling)

Aloe suzannae (died as seedling)

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Friday 11 May 2007

Oregano, thymes, eggplants, in our organic garden

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