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Alyson Long

Keeping Guppies Outside in a Pot or Pond in the Tropics

Guppies should do fine in outside pots, ponds, or other containers in a tropical climate. They are very easy to ...
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Growing Herbs in a Tropical Climate | Tropical Herbs

You can grow a lot of herbs in the tropics, including those normally associated with cooler or Mediterranean climates. There ...
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40 Great Benefits of Growing Your Own Food!

Growing your own food is not just a hobby, it’s an investment. You are investing in future food supplies, in ...
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What are Pigeon Peas? Pigeon Pea Plant Uses & Growing

Pigeon peas are the seeds of the pigeon pea plant and they are edible. The Latin name for the species ...
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How To Grow Green Chillies

It may surprise you to know that green chillies and red chillies come from the same plant, just one is ...
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June in the Garden Harvesting and Planting

June is a great month in the garden, it’s winter in the southern hemisphere and a good time to plant ...
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Grapefruit Tree (Growing, Caring For, Grapefruit Uses)

The grapefruit tree (citrus pandisi) in our garden must be ten years old now and it gives us prolific grapefruit ...
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May in the Garden

What’s growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in May? May is the last month of ...
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Growing Tomatoes in The Tropics

This post is about my experience and things I’ve learned growing tomatoes in the tropics. Yes, of course you can ...
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What Food Can I Grow in The Wet Season?

The wet season of 2021 was our first wet season at home, in the tropics for 9 years. As such, ...
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December in The Garden

What’s growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in December? December is the first month of ...
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Growing Pumpkins in the Tropics?

Can you grow pumkins in the tropics? Yes you can grow pumpkins in the tropics and they grow very well ...
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October Harvesting and Planting

What’s going on in the tropical food garden in October? October for us, here in the Southern Hemisphere, just 16 ...
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September Harvesting and Planting

What’s growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in September. That’s the first month of spring ...
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What To Plant in The Tropics in May

May is the last month of autumn for us but already it’s getting a bit chilly at night. If you ...
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November Harvesting and Planting

In November in the southern hemisphere tropics the heat is building for us and rain is scarce at the beginning ...
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Snake Beans and Green Ants

What’s with snake beans and green ants? As soon as the first flowers appeared on our snake bean plants the ...
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August Harvesting and Planting

What’s growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in August. Remember, we’re in the southern hemisphere, ...
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Make Your Own Fertiliser

Yes, you can make your own fertiliser for your plants at home, easily. It can even be free. Making your ...
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July Harvesting and Planting

What are we are picking, harvesting, and planting here in tropical Queensland in July. Every year we will update this ...
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First Steps in Tropical Food Gardening

Gardening in the tropics is different. It’s not as easy as many gardeners in cooler climates might think. We in ...
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